Climate averages 1991–2020
Tegucigalpa weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Tegucigalpa: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.2 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Danlí (67 km away). In January its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Tegucigalpa, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Tegucigalpa ranks joint 5th of 13 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 26.5°C; Tegucigalpa is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.2 mm to 3.7 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
Tegucigalpa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Danlí in JanuaryHonduras · 67 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in JanuaryHonduras · 86 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in JanuaryHonduras · 88 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in JanuaryHonduras · 124 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 74 mm rain
- San Miguel, El Salvador in JanuaryEl Salvador · 125 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Estelí in JanuaryNicaragua · 143 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 3.1 mm rain
- El Progreso in JanuaryHonduras · 160 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 137 mm rain
- Chinandega in JanuaryNicaragua · 162 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 1.9 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.