Climate averages 1991–2020
El Progreso weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in El Progreso: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 239 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Pedro Sula (27 km away). In August its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as El Progreso, with 171 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, El Progreso ranks joint 4th of 13 for the warmest August highs and 11th of 13 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 13 cities is 29.7°C; El Progreso is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs stay level at 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 239 mm to 268 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
El Progreso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 137 | 18.1 | 11.311 h |
| February | 27.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 85 | 14.1 | 11.612 h |
| March | 29.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 75 | 11.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 55 | 11.2 | 12.512 h |
| May | 32.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 143 | 19.9 | 12.813 h |
| June | 31.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 233 | 26.9 | 13.013 h |
| July | 30.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 236 | 28.4 | 12.913 h |
| August, selected | 30.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 239 | 28.3 | 12.613 h |
| September | 30.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 268 | 27.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 297 | 26.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 26.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 263 | 22.8 | 11.411 h |
| December | 26.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 148 | 20.3 | 11.211 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
August in nearby cities
- San Pedro Sula in AugustHonduras · 27 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 171 mm rain
- Choloma in AugustHonduras · 29 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 171 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in AugustHonduras · 48 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.0°C · 163 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in AugustHonduras · 49 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 195 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in AugustHonduras · 89 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 286 mm rain
- Puerto Barrios in AugustGuatemala · 93 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 280 mm rain
- La Ceiba in AugustHonduras · 116 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Olanchito in AugustHonduras · 132 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 151 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 El Progreso) is explained once on the El Progreso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.