Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Cortez weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Puerto Cortez: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Choloma (24 km away). In March its highs average 29.4°C, 1.4°C warmer than Puerto Cortez, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Puerto Cortez ranks joint 10th of 13 for the warmest March highs and joint 12th of 13 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 13 cities is 29.7°C; Puerto Cortez is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 107 mm to 65 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Choloma in MarchHonduras · 24 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 82 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in MarchHonduras · 37 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 82 mm rain
- El Progreso in MarchHonduras · 49 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Puerto Barrios in MarchGuatemala · 72 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in MarchHonduras · 94 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 49 mm rain
- La Ceiba in MarchHonduras · 123 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in MarchHonduras · 137 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Olanchito in MarchHonduras · 150 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.9°C · 69 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.