Climate averages 1991–2020
Siguatepeque weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Siguatepeque: daytime highs average 21.7°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 63 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 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz de Yojoa (43 km away). In December its highs average 23.8°C, 2.1°C warmer than Siguatepeque, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Siguatepeque ranks 13th of 13 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 13 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 13 cities is 26.4°C; Siguatepeque is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 50 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
Siguatepeque climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 50 | 12.4 | 11.411 h |
| February | 23.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 34 | 8.4 | 11.712 h |
| March | 25.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 35 | 7.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 48 | 10.0 | 12.512 h |
| May | 27.3°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 205 | 19.9 | 12.813 h |
| June | 25.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 290 | 23.9 | 13.013 h |
| July | 25.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 195 | 23.5 | 12.913 h |
| August | 25.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 286 | 25.5 | 12.613 h |
| September | 25.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 369 | 27.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 266 | 25.3 | 11.812 h |
| November | 21.9°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 118 | 18.6 | 11.511 h |
| December, selected | 21.7°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 63 | 15.2 | 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
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in DecemberHonduras · 43 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Tegucigalpa in DecemberHonduras · 88 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 8.2 mm rain
- El Progreso in DecemberHonduras · 89 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 148 mm rain
- San Pedro Sula in DecemberHonduras · 103 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Choloma in DecemberHonduras · 114 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 146 mm rain
- San Miguel, El Salvador in DecemberEl Salvador · 130 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in DecemberHonduras · 137 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 212 mm rain
- Danlí in DecemberHonduras · 148 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 19 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 Siguatepeque) is explained once on the Siguatepeque year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.