Climate averages 1991–2020
San Pedro Sula weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in San Pedro Sula: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes December a wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Choloma (14 km away). In December its highs average 26.6°C, about as warm as San Pedro Sula, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, San Pedro Sula ranks 7th of 13 for the warmest December highs and joint 8th of 13 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 13 cities is 26.4°C; San Pedro Sula is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 146 mm to 140 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
San Pedro Sula climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 140 | 17.9 | 11.311 h |
| February | 27.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 90 | 13.9 | 11.612 h |
| March | 29.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 82 | 11.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 62 | 12.1 | 12.512 h |
| May | 31.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 146 | 21.5 | 12.813 h |
| June | 30.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 203 | 26.2 | 13.013 h |
| July | 30.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 182 | 27.4 | 13.013 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 171 | 27.8 | 12.613 h |
| September | 30.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 205 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 256 | 26.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 26.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 242 | 22.4 | 11.411 h |
| December, selected | 26.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 146 | 20.4 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Choloma in DecemberHonduras · 14 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 146 mm rain
- El Progreso in DecemberHonduras · 27 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 148 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in DecemberHonduras · 37 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 212 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in DecemberHonduras · 60 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Puerto Barrios in DecemberGuatemala · 66 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 243 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in DecemberHonduras · 103 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 63 mm rain
- La Ceiba in DecemberHonduras · 136 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 227 mm rain
- Olanchito in DecemberHonduras · 156 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 134 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 San Pedro Sula) is explained once on the San Pedro Sula year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Choloma lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.