Climate averages 1991–2020
El Progreso weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in El Progreso: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 297 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Pedro Sula (27 km away). In October its highs average 28.7°C, about as warm as El Progreso, with 256 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, El Progreso ranks 5th of 13 for the warmest October highs and 10th of 13 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 13 cities is 27.9°C; El Progreso is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 297 mm to 263 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- San Pedro Sula in OctoberHonduras · 27 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 256 mm rain
- Choloma in OctoberHonduras · 29 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 256 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in OctoberHonduras · 48 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 20.3°C · 204 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in OctoberHonduras · 49 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 314 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in OctoberHonduras · 89 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 266 mm rain
- Puerto Barrios in OctoberGuatemala · 93 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 373 mm rain
- La Ceiba in OctoberHonduras · 116 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 333 mm rain
- Olanchito in OctoberHonduras · 132 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.0°C · 241 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.