Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de Yojoa weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Santa Cruz de Yojoa: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siguatepeque (43 km away). In January its highs average 21.9°C, 2.0°C cooler than Santa Cruz de Yojoa, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Santa Cruz de Yojoa ranks 12th of 13 for the warmest January highs and 6th of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 26.5°C; Santa Cruz de Yojoa is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Siguatepeque in JanuaryHonduras · 43 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 50 mm rain
- El Progreso in JanuaryHonduras · 48 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 137 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in JanuaryHonduras · 60 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 140 mm rain
- Choloma in JanuaryHonduras · 71 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in JanuaryHonduras · 94 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 214 mm rain
- Puerto Barrios in JanuaryGuatemala · 112 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 244 mm rain
- Tegucigalpa in JanuaryHonduras · 124 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 4.2 mm rain
- La Ceiba in JanuaryHonduras · 147 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 224 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.