Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de Yojoa weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Santa Cruz de Yojoa: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siguatepeque (43 km away). In March its highs average 25.9°C, 2.2°C cooler than Santa Cruz de Yojoa, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Santa Cruz de Yojoa ranks joint 10th of 13 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 13 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 13 cities is 29.7°C; Santa Cruz de Yojoa is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Siguatepeque in MarchHonduras · 43 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 35 mm rain
- El Progreso in MarchHonduras · 48 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 75 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in MarchHonduras · 60 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Choloma in MarchHonduras · 71 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in MarchHonduras · 94 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Puerto Barrios in MarchGuatemala · 112 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Tegucigalpa in MarchHonduras · 124 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 15 mm rain
- La Ceiba in MarchHonduras · 147 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 107 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.