Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de Yojoa weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Santa Cruz de Yojoa: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 163 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siguatepeque (43 km away). In August its highs average 25.6°C, 2.7°C cooler than Santa Cruz de Yojoa, with 286 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Santa Cruz de Yojoa ranks 10th of 13 for the warmest August highs and 6th of 13 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 13 cities is 29.7°C; Santa Cruz de Yojoa is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs stay level at 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 163 mm to 226 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Santa Cruz de Yojoa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 74 | 13.8 | 11.311 h |
| February | 25.6°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 47 | 9.6 | 11.612 h |
| March | 28.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 49 | 8.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 46 | 8.7 | 12.512 h |
| May | 30.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 140 | 17.5 | 12.813 h |
| June | 29.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 201 | 22.5 | 13.013 h |
| July | 28.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 146 | 22.2 | 12.913 h |
| August, selected | 28.3°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 163 | 23.9 | 12.613 h |
| September | 28.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 226 | 25.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 26.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 204 | 23.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 24.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 128 | 18.7 | 11.411 h |
| December | 23.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 79 | 15.3 | 11.311 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
August in nearby cities
- Siguatepeque in AugustHonduras · 43 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 286 mm rain
- El Progreso in AugustHonduras · 48 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 239 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in AugustHonduras · 60 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 171 mm rain
- Choloma in AugustHonduras · 71 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 171 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in AugustHonduras · 94 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 195 mm rain
- Puerto Barrios in AugustGuatemala · 112 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 280 mm rain
- Tegucigalpa in AugustHonduras · 124 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 189 mm rain
- La Ceiba in AugustHonduras · 147 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 156 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 Santa Cruz de Yojoa) is explained once on the Santa Cruz de Yojoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.