Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Cortez weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Puerto Cortez: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 195 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Choloma (24 km away). In August its highs average 30.5°C, 1.1°C warmer than Puerto Cortez, with 171 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Puerto Cortez ranks 8th of 13 for the warmest August highs and 10th of 13 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 13 cities is 29.7°C; Puerto Cortez is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs stay level at 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 195 mm to 221 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Choloma in AugustHonduras · 24 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 171 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in AugustHonduras · 37 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 171 mm rain
- El Progreso in AugustHonduras · 49 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 239 mm rain
- Puerto Barrios in AugustGuatemala · 72 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 280 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in AugustHonduras · 94 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.0°C · 163 mm rain
- La Ceiba in AugustHonduras · 123 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in AugustHonduras · 137 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 286 mm rain
- Olanchito in AugustHonduras · 150 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 151 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.