Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Cortez weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Puerto Cortez: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 226 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 58 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Choloma (24 km away). In July its highs average 30.2°C, 1.0°C warmer than Puerto Cortez, with 182 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Puerto Cortez ranks 7th of 13 for the warmest July highs and 12th of 13 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 13 cities is 29.4°C; Puerto Cortez is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 226 mm to 195 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Choloma in JulyHonduras · 24 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 182 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in JulyHonduras · 37 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 182 mm rain
- El Progreso in JulyHonduras · 49 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 236 mm rain
- Puerto Barrios in JulyGuatemala · 72 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 320 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in JulyHonduras · 94 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 146 mm rain
- La Ceiba in JulyHonduras · 123 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 140 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in JulyHonduras · 137 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 195 mm rain
- Olanchito in JulyHonduras · 150 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 147 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.