Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de Yojoa weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Santa Cruz de Yojoa: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siguatepeque (43 km away). In May its highs average 27.3°C, 3.3°C cooler than Santa Cruz de Yojoa, with 205 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Santa Cruz de Yojoa ranks 8th of 13 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 30.9°C; Santa Cruz de Yojoa is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 140 mm to 201 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Siguatepeque in MayHonduras · 43 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 205 mm rain
- El Progreso in MayHonduras · 48 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 143 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in MayHonduras · 60 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 146 mm rain
- Choloma in MayHonduras · 71 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in MayHonduras · 94 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 142 mm rain
- Puerto Barrios in MayGuatemala · 112 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 171 mm rain
- Tegucigalpa in MayHonduras · 124 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.3°C · 279 mm rain
- La Ceiba in MayHonduras · 147 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 129 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.