Climate averages 1991–2020
Tocoa weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: one of the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Tocoa: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 166 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 13 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Olanchito (65 km away). In December its highs average 26.9°C, about as warm as Tocoa, with 134 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Honduras, Tocoa ranks 4th of 13 for the warmest December highs and 11th of 13 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 13 cities is 26.4°C; Tocoa is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs stay level at 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 166 mm to 145 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Olanchito in DecemberHonduras · 65 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 134 mm rain
- La Ceiba in DecemberHonduras · 84 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 227 mm rain
- Catacamas in DecemberHonduras · 93 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Danlí in DecemberHonduras · 194 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 19 mm rain
- El Progreso in DecemberHonduras · 195 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 148 mm rain
- Puerto Cortez in DecemberHonduras · 207 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 212 mm rain
- Choloma in DecemberHonduras · 209 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 146 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa in DecemberHonduras · 217 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 79 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.