Climate averages 1991–2020
El Progreso weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in El Progreso: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 148 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes December a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Pedro Sula (27 km away). In December its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as El Progreso, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, El Progreso ranks 6th of 13 for the warmest December highs and 10th of 13 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 13 cities is 26.4°C; El Progreso is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs stay level at 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 148 mm to 137 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- San Pedro Sula in DecemberHonduras · 27 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Choloma in DecemberHonduras · 29 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 146 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in DecemberHonduras · 48 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in DecemberHonduras · 49 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 212 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in DecemberHonduras · 89 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Puerto Barrios in DecemberGuatemala · 93 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 243 mm rain
- La Ceiba in DecemberHonduras · 116 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 227 mm rain
- Olanchito in DecemberHonduras · 132 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 134 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.