Climate averages 1991–2020

Olanchito weather
in January.

A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.0°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 19.2°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 124 mm 15 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Olanchito: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes January a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is La Ceiba (38 km away). In January its highs average 25.8°C, 1.2°C cooler than Olanchito, with 224 mm of rain.

Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Olanchito ranks 3rd of 13 for the warmest January highs and 7th of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 26.5°C; Olanchito is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 124 mm to 78 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Olanchito, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Olanchito

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 limits

How 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.