Climate averages 1991–2020
Danlí weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Danlí: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tegucigalpa (67 km away). In January its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Danlí, with 4.2 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Danlí ranks joint 5th of 13 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 26.5°C; Danlí is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 9.2 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Danlí climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 15 | 5.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 28.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 9.2 | 3.6 | 11.712 h |
| March | 30.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 12 | 3.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 32 | 6.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 170 | 17.6 | 12.813 h |
| June | 27.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 185 | 23.2 | 12.913 h |
| July | 27.4°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 112 | 20.8 | 12.913 h |
| August | 28.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 128 | 21.5 | 12.613 h |
| September | 28.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 171 | 22.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 26.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 190 | 21.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 26.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 60 | 11.9 | 11.511 h |
| December | 25.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 19 | 6.2 | 11.311 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Tegucigalpa in JanuaryHonduras · 67 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in JanuaryHonduras · 103 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Estelí in JanuaryNicaragua · 107 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Catacamas in JanuaryHonduras · 117 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Matagalpa in JanuaryNicaragua · 142 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in JanuaryHonduras · 148 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Olanchito in JanuaryHonduras · 161 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 124 mm rain
- Chinandega in JanuaryNicaragua · 167 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 1.9 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Danlí) is explained once on the Danlí year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.