Climate averages 1991–2020
Tegucigalpa weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Tegucigalpa: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 279 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Danlí (67 km away). In May its highs average 30.1°C, 0.8°C warmer than Tegucigalpa, with 170 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Tegucigalpa ranks 12th of 13 for the warmest May highs and 12th of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 30.9°C; Tegucigalpa is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 279 mm to 248 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Danlí in MayHonduras · 67 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 170 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in MayHonduras · 86 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 323 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in MayHonduras · 88 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 205 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in MayHonduras · 124 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 140 mm rain
- San Miguel, El Salvador in MayEl Salvador · 125 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.0°C · 258 mm rain
- Estelí in MayNicaragua · 143 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 231 mm rain
- El Progreso in MayHonduras · 160 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Chinandega in MayNicaragua · 162 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 266 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.