Climate averages 1991–2020
Tegucigalpa weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Tegucigalpa: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 189 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Danlí (67 km away). In August its highs average 28.2°C, about as warm as Tegucigalpa, with 128 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Tegucigalpa ranks 12th of 13 for the warmest August highs and 9th of 13 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 13 cities is 29.7°C; Tegucigalpa is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 189 mm to 276 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Tegucigalpa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 4.2 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 28.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 3.7 | 1.3 | 11.712 h |
| March | 30.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 15 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 61 | 8.7 | 12.412 h |
| May | 29.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 279 | 22.0 | 12.813 h |
| June | 27.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 248 | 23.2 | 12.913 h |
| July | 27.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 123 | 17.0 | 12.913 h |
| August, selected | 28.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 189 | 21.5 | 12.613 h |
| September | 27.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 276 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 26.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 256 | 22.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 25.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 45 | 7.6 | 11.511 h |
| December | 25.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 8.2 | 1.8 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Danlí in AugustHonduras · 67 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 128 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in AugustHonduras · 86 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 286 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in AugustHonduras · 88 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 286 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in AugustHonduras · 124 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.0°C · 163 mm rain
- San Miguel, El Salvador in AugustEl Salvador · 125 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 271 mm rain
- Estelí in AugustNicaragua · 143 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 150 mm rain
- El Progreso in AugustHonduras · 160 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 239 mm rain
- Chinandega in AugustNicaragua · 162 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 249 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 Tegucigalpa) is explained once on the Tegucigalpa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.