Climate averages 1991–2020
La Ceiba weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in La Ceiba: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Olanchito (38 km away). In February its highs average 28.4°C, 1.8°C warmer than La Ceiba, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, La Ceiba ranks 11th of 13 for the warmest February highs and 13th of 13 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 13 cities is 27.9°C; La Ceiba is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 129 mm to 107 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Olanchito in FebruaryHonduras · 38 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 78 mm rain
- Tocoa in FebruaryHonduras · 84 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.9°C · 83 mm rain
- El Progreso in FebruaryHonduras · 116 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 85 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in FebruaryHonduras · 123 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 121 mm rain
- Choloma in FebruaryHonduras · 126 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 90 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in FebruaryHonduras · 136 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Catacamas in FebruaryHonduras · 139 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in FebruaryHonduras · 147 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.1°C · 47 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.