Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Cortez weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Puerto Cortez: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 214 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Choloma (24 km away). In January its highs average 26.4°C, 0.8°C warmer than Puerto Cortez, with 140 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Puerto Cortez ranks 11th of 13 for the warmest January highs and 12th of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 26.5°C; Puerto Cortez is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 214 mm to 121 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Choloma in JanuaryHonduras · 24 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.6°C · 140 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in JanuaryHonduras · 37 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 140 mm rain
- El Progreso in JanuaryHonduras · 49 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 137 mm rain
- Puerto Barrios in JanuaryGuatemala · 72 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 244 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in JanuaryHonduras · 94 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 74 mm rain
- La Ceiba in JanuaryHonduras · 123 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 224 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in JanuaryHonduras · 137 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Olanchito in JanuaryHonduras · 150 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 124 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.