Climate averages 1991–2020
Olanchito weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Olanchito: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Ceiba (38 km away). In April its highs average 29.0°C, 3.2°C cooler than Olanchito, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Olanchito ranks joint 4th of 13 for the warmest April highs and 7th of 13 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 13 cities is 31.6°C; Olanchito is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 144 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Olanchito climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 124 | 15.0 | 11.311 h |
| February | 28.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 78 | 10.3 | 11.612 h |
| March | 30.1°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 69 | 9.2 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 32.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 49 | 8.9 | 12.512 h |
| May | 31.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 144 | 17.6 | 12.813 h |
| June | 31.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 173 | 22.1 | 13.013 h |
| July | 30.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 147 | 23.6 | 13.013 h |
| August | 31.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 151 | 24.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 31.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 175 | 25.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 241 | 25.1 | 11.812 h |
| November | 27.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 212 | 21.1 | 11.411 h |
| December | 26.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 134 | 17.4 | 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
April in nearby cities
- La Ceiba in AprilHonduras · 38 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Tocoa in AprilHonduras · 65 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Catacamas in AprilHonduras · 101 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 24 mm rain
- El Progreso in AprilHonduras · 132 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Choloma in AprilHonduras · 148 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in AprilHonduras · 150 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in AprilHonduras · 152 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 46 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in AprilHonduras · 156 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 62 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 Olanchito) is explained once on the Olanchito year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.