Climate averages 1991–2020
La Ceiba weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in La Ceiba: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Olanchito (38 km away). In April its highs average 32.2°C, 3.2°C warmer than La Ceiba, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, La Ceiba ranks 12th of 13 for the warmest April highs and 12th of 13 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 13 cities is 31.6°C; La Ceiba is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 129 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
La Ceiba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 224 | 16.9 | 11.311 h |
| February | 26.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 129 | 11.5 | 11.612 h |
| March | 27.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 107 | 10.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 29.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 64 | 10.6 | 12.512 h |
| May | 29.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 129 | 19.2 | 12.913 h |
| June | 29.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 150 | 23.7 | 13.013 h |
| July | 29.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 140 | 25.2 | 13.013 h |
| August | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 156 | 26.0 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 202 | 27.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 333 | 26.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 26.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 373 | 23.0 | 11.411 h |
| December | 25.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 227 | 19.4 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Olanchito in AprilHonduras · 38 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Tocoa in AprilHonduras · 84 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 46 mm rain
- El Progreso in AprilHonduras · 116 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in AprilHonduras · 123 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Choloma in AprilHonduras · 126 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 62 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in AprilHonduras · 136 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Catacamas in AprilHonduras · 139 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in AprilHonduras · 147 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 46 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 La Ceiba) is explained once on the La Ceiba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.