Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Cortez weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Puerto Cortez: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Choloma (24 km away). In February its highs average 27.7°C, 1.1°C warmer than Puerto Cortez, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Puerto Cortez ranks 10th of 13 for the warmest February highs and 12th of 13 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 13 cities is 27.9°C; Puerto Cortez is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 121 mm to 107 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Choloma in FebruaryHonduras · 24 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 90 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in FebruaryHonduras · 37 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 90 mm rain
- El Progreso in FebruaryHonduras · 49 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 85 mm rain
- Puerto Barrios in FebruaryGuatemala · 72 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 135 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in FebruaryHonduras · 94 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.1°C · 47 mm rain
- La Ceiba in FebruaryHonduras · 123 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 129 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in FebruaryHonduras · 137 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Olanchito in FebruaryHonduras · 150 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 78 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.