Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Cortez weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Puerto Cortez: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 221 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Choloma (24 km away). In September its highs average 30.6°C, 1.2°C warmer than Puerto Cortez, with 205 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Puerto Cortez ranks 8th of 13 for the warmest September highs and 8th of 13 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 13 cities is 29.5°C; Puerto Cortez is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 221 mm to 314 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Choloma in SeptemberHonduras · 24 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 205 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in SeptemberHonduras · 37 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 205 mm rain
- El Progreso in SeptemberHonduras · 49 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 268 mm rain
- Puerto Barrios in SeptemberGuatemala · 72 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 302 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in SeptemberHonduras · 94 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 226 mm rain
- La Ceiba in SeptemberHonduras · 123 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 202 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in SeptemberHonduras · 137 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 369 mm rain
- Olanchito in SeptemberHonduras · 150 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 175 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.