Climate averages 1991–2020
La Ceiba weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in La Ceiba: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 156 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Olanchito (38 km away). In August its highs average 31.0°C, 1.8°C warmer than La Ceiba, with 151 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, La Ceiba ranks 9th of 13 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 13 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 13 cities is 29.7°C; La Ceiba is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 156 mm to 202 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Olanchito in AugustHonduras · 38 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 151 mm rain
- Tocoa in AugustHonduras · 84 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 129 mm rain
- El Progreso in AugustHonduras · 116 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 239 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in AugustHonduras · 123 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 195 mm rain
- Choloma in AugustHonduras · 126 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 171 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in AugustHonduras · 136 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 171 mm rain
- Catacamas in AugustHonduras · 139 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in AugustHonduras · 147 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.0°C · 163 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.