Climate averages 1991–2020
La Ceiba weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in La Ceiba: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Olanchito (38 km away). In March its highs average 30.1°C, 2.5°C warmer than La Ceiba, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, La Ceiba ranks 12th of 13 for the warmest March highs and joint 12th of 13 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 13 cities is 29.7°C; La Ceiba is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 107 mm to 64 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Olanchito in MarchHonduras · 38 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Tocoa in MarchHonduras · 84 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 76 mm rain
- El Progreso in MarchHonduras · 116 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in MarchHonduras · 123 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Choloma in MarchHonduras · 126 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 82 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in MarchHonduras · 136 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Catacamas in MarchHonduras · 139 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in MarchHonduras · 147 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 49 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.