Climate averages 1991–2020
La Ceiba weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in La Ceiba: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Olanchito (38 km away). In May its highs average 31.9°C, 2.6°C warmer than La Ceiba, with 144 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, La Ceiba ranks 11th of 13 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 30.9°C; La Ceiba is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 129 mm to 150 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Olanchito in MayHonduras · 38 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 144 mm rain
- Tocoa in MayHonduras · 84 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 108 mm rain
- El Progreso in MayHonduras · 116 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in MayHonduras · 123 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 142 mm rain
- Choloma in MayHonduras · 126 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 146 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in MayHonduras · 136 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 146 mm rain
- Catacamas in MayHonduras · 139 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 100 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in MayHonduras · 147 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 140 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.