Climate averages 1991–2020
El Progreso weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in El Progreso: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 268 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Pedro Sula (27 km away). In September its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as El Progreso, with 205 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, El Progreso ranks 5th of 13 for the warmest September highs and 10th of 13 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 13 cities is 29.5°C; El Progreso is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 268 mm to 297 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- San Pedro Sula in SeptemberHonduras · 27 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 205 mm rain
- Choloma in SeptemberHonduras · 29 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 205 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in SeptemberHonduras · 48 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 226 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in SeptemberHonduras · 49 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 221 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in SeptemberHonduras · 89 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 369 mm rain
- Puerto Barrios in SeptemberGuatemala · 93 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 302 mm rain
- La Ceiba in SeptemberHonduras · 116 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 202 mm rain
- Olanchito in SeptemberHonduras · 132 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 175 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.