Climate averages 1991–2020
Olanchito weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Olanchito: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Ceiba (38 km away). In March its highs average 27.6°C, 2.5°C cooler than Olanchito, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Olanchito ranks 4th of 13 for the warmest March highs and 7th of 13 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 13 cities is 29.7°C; Olanchito is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 49 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- La Ceiba in MarchHonduras · 38 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Tocoa in MarchHonduras · 65 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 76 mm rain
- Catacamas in MarchHonduras · 101 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 13 mm rain
- El Progreso in MarchHonduras · 132 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Choloma in MarchHonduras · 148 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in MarchHonduras · 150 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in MarchHonduras · 152 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 49 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in MarchHonduras · 156 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 82 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.