Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Cortez weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Puerto Cortez: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Choloma (24 km away). In April its highs average 31.6°C, 1.9°C warmer than Puerto Cortez, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Puerto Cortez ranks 11th of 13 for the warmest April highs and 13th of 13 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 13 cities is 31.6°C; Puerto Cortez is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 142 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
Puerto Cortez climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 214 | 18.9 | 11.311 h |
| February | 26.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 121 | 14.1 | 11.612 h |
| March | 28.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 107 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 29.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 65 | 11.1 | 12.512 h |
| May | 30.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 142 | 19.1 | 12.913 h |
| June | 29.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 213 | 25.5 | 13.113 h |
| July | 29.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 226 | 28.5 | 13.013 h |
| August | 29.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 195 | 27.8 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 221 | 26.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 314 | 25.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 26.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 346 | 22.8 | 11.411 h |
| December | 25.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 212 | 20.6 | 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
- Choloma in AprilHonduras · 24 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 62 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in AprilHonduras · 37 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 62 mm rain
- El Progreso in AprilHonduras · 49 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Puerto Barrios in AprilGuatemala · 72 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in AprilHonduras · 94 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 46 mm rain
- La Ceiba in AprilHonduras · 123 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in AprilHonduras · 137 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Olanchito in AprilHonduras · 150 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 49 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 Puerto Cortez) is explained once on the Puerto Cortez year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.