Climate averages 1991–2020
La Ceiba weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in La Ceiba: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 227 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 13 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Olanchito (38 km away). In December its highs average 26.9°C, 1.0°C warmer than La Ceiba, with 134 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, La Ceiba ranks joint 8th of 13 for the warmest December highs and 13th of 13 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 13 cities is 26.4°C; La Ceiba is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 227 mm to 224 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Olanchito in DecemberHonduras · 38 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 134 mm rain
- Tocoa in DecemberHonduras · 84 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 166 mm rain
- El Progreso in DecemberHonduras · 116 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 148 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in DecemberHonduras · 123 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 212 mm rain
- Choloma in DecemberHonduras · 126 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 146 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in DecemberHonduras · 136 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Catacamas in DecemberHonduras · 139 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in DecemberHonduras · 147 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 79 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.