Climate averages 1991–2020
La Ceiba weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in La Ceiba: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 202 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Olanchito (38 km away). In September its highs average 31.0°C, 1.8°C warmer than La Ceiba, with 175 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, La Ceiba ranks 9th of 13 for the warmest September highs and 5th of 13 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 13 cities is 29.5°C; La Ceiba is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 202 mm to 333 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Olanchito in SeptemberHonduras · 38 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 175 mm rain
- Tocoa in SeptemberHonduras · 84 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 174 mm rain
- El Progreso in SeptemberHonduras · 116 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 268 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in SeptemberHonduras · 123 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 221 mm rain
- Choloma in SeptemberHonduras · 126 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 205 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in SeptemberHonduras · 136 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 205 mm rain
- Catacamas in SeptemberHonduras · 139 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 109 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in SeptemberHonduras · 147 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 226 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.