Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de Yojoa weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Santa Cruz de Yojoa: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siguatepeque (43 km away). In December its highs average 21.7°C, 2.1°C cooler than Santa Cruz de Yojoa, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Santa Cruz de Yojoa ranks 12th of 13 for the warmest December highs and 6th of 13 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 13 cities is 26.4°C; Santa Cruz de Yojoa is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 79 mm to 74 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Siguatepeque in DecemberHonduras · 43 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 63 mm rain
- El Progreso in DecemberHonduras · 48 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 148 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in DecemberHonduras · 60 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Choloma in DecemberHonduras · 71 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 146 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in DecemberHonduras · 94 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 212 mm rain
- Puerto Barrios in DecemberGuatemala · 112 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 243 mm rain
- Tegucigalpa in DecemberHonduras · 124 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 8.2 mm rain
- La Ceiba in DecemberHonduras · 147 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 227 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.