Climate averages 1991–2020
La Ceiba weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in La Ceiba: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 224 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Olanchito (38 km away). In January its highs average 27.0°C, 1.2°C warmer than La Ceiba, with 124 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, La Ceiba ranks 10th of 13 for the warmest January highs and 13th of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 26.5°C; La Ceiba is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 224 mm to 129 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Olanchito in JanuaryHonduras · 38 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 124 mm rain
- Tocoa in JanuaryHonduras · 84 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 145 mm rain
- El Progreso in JanuaryHonduras · 116 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 137 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in JanuaryHonduras · 123 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 214 mm rain
- Choloma in JanuaryHonduras · 126 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.6°C · 140 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in JanuaryHonduras · 136 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 140 mm rain
- Catacamas in JanuaryHonduras · 139 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in JanuaryHonduras · 147 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 74 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.