Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Cortez weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Puerto Cortez: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 212 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 12 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Choloma (24 km away). In December its highs average 26.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Puerto Cortez, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Puerto Cortez ranks joint 8th of 13 for the warmest December highs and 12th of 13 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 13 cities is 26.4°C; Puerto Cortez is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 212 mm to 214 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Choloma in DecemberHonduras · 24 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 146 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in DecemberHonduras · 37 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 146 mm rain
- El Progreso in DecemberHonduras · 49 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 148 mm rain
- Puerto Barrios in DecemberGuatemala · 72 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 243 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in DecemberHonduras · 94 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 79 mm rain
- La Ceiba in DecemberHonduras · 123 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 227 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in DecemberHonduras · 137 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Olanchito in DecemberHonduras · 150 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 134 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.