Climate averages 1991–2020
Olanchito weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Olanchito: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes December a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Ceiba (38 km away). In December its highs average 25.9°C, 1.0°C cooler than Olanchito, with 227 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Olanchito ranks 3rd of 13 for the warmest December highs and 7th of 13 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 13 cities is 26.4°C; Olanchito is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 134 mm to 124 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- La Ceiba in DecemberHonduras · 38 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 227 mm rain
- Tocoa in DecemberHonduras · 65 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 166 mm rain
- Catacamas in DecemberHonduras · 101 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 23 mm rain
- El Progreso in DecemberHonduras · 132 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 148 mm rain
- Choloma in DecemberHonduras · 148 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 146 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in DecemberHonduras · 150 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 212 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in DecemberHonduras · 152 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 79 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in DecemberHonduras · 156 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 146 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.