Climate averages 1991–2020
Olanchito weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Olanchito: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 144 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Ceiba (38 km away). In May its highs average 29.4°C, 2.6°C cooler than Olanchito, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Olanchito ranks 4th of 13 for the warmest May highs and 7th of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 30.9°C; Olanchito is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 144 mm to 173 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- La Ceiba in MayHonduras · 38 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 129 mm rain
- Tocoa in MayHonduras · 65 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 108 mm rain
- Catacamas in MayHonduras · 101 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 100 mm rain
- El Progreso in MayHonduras · 132 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Choloma in MayHonduras · 148 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in MayHonduras · 150 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 142 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in MayHonduras · 152 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 140 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in MayHonduras · 156 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.5°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.