Climate averages 1991–2020
Danlí weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Danlí: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 170 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tegucigalpa (67 km away). In May its highs average 29.3°C, 0.8°C cooler than Danlí, with 279 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Danlí ranks joint 9th of 13 for the warmest May highs and 10th of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 30.9°C; Danlí is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 170 mm to 185 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Tegucigalpa in MayHonduras · 67 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.3°C · 279 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in MayHonduras · 103 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 323 mm rain
- Estelí in MayNicaragua · 107 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 231 mm rain
- Catacamas in MayHonduras · 117 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 100 mm rain
- Matagalpa in MayNicaragua · 142 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 196 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in MayHonduras · 148 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 205 mm rain
- Olanchito in MayHonduras · 161 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 144 mm rain
- Chinandega in MayNicaragua · 167 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 266 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.