Climate averages 1991–2020
Tocoa weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Tocoa: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Olanchito (65 km away). In August its highs average 31.0°C, 0.8°C cooler than Tocoa, with 151 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Tocoa ranks 2nd of 13 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 13 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 13 cities is 29.7°C; Tocoa is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 129 mm to 174 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
Tocoa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 145 | 17.2 | 11.311 h |
| February | 28.1°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 83 | 11.6 | 11.612 h |
| March | 29.9°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 76 | 10.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 46 | 8.3 | 12.512 h |
| May | 32.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 108 | 15.5 | 12.913 h |
| June | 32.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 121 | 18.0 | 13.013 h |
| July | 31.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 102 | 18.7 | 13.013 h |
| August, selected | 31.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 129 | 21.9 | 12.613 h |
| September | 31.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 174 | 24.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 281 | 25.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 27.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 254 | 22.9 | 11.411 h |
| December | 26.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 166 | 20.6 | 11.211 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
- Olanchito in AugustHonduras · 65 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 151 mm rain
- La Ceiba in AugustHonduras · 84 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Catacamas in AugustHonduras · 93 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Danlí in AugustHonduras · 194 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 128 mm rain
- El Progreso in AugustHonduras · 195 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 239 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in AugustHonduras · 207 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 195 mm rain
- Choloma in AugustHonduras · 209 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 171 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in AugustHonduras · 217 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.0°C · 163 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 Tocoa) is explained once on the Tocoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.