La Ceiba climate

Name: La Ceiba
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La Ceiba is warmest in June, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 22 °C. November is the wettest month (420 mm) and April the driest (70 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year La Ceiba averages 2,338 mm of rain and 337 days above 25 °C.

Honduras · population 215,973 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month June 30 °C
Coldest month January 22 °C
Driest month April 70 mm
Wettest month November 420 mm
Least cloud March 39 % cloud
Hottest on record April 34 °C
Coldest on record March 17 °C
Warmest sea September 30 °C

What to expectLa Ceiba through the year

La Ceiba has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in January to 30 °C in June, a swing of 3.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 337 days a year reach 25 °C, 56 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 420 mm against 70 mm in April — 6.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off La Ceiba is warmest in September at 30 °C and coldest in January at 27 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.0 °C	256 mm	52 %
February	26.8 °C	145 mm	43 %
March	27.8 °C	111 mm	39 %
April	29.3 °C	70 mm	44 %
May	29.5 °C	123 mm	63 %
June	29.6 °C	148 mm	76 %
July	29.3 °C	132 mm	67 %
August	29.5 °C	147 mm	67 %
September	29.4 °C	191 mm	73 %
October	28.0 °C	328 mm	74 %
November	26.7 °C	420 mm	68 %
December	26.1 °C	267 mm	57 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.0 °C	21.9 °C	23.8 °C	31.2 °C	17.8 °C	23	0
February	26.8 °C	22.2 °C	24.4 °C	32.2 °C	17.8 °C	24	1
March	27.8 °C	22.8 °C	25.2 °C	32.5 °C	17.1 °C	29	3
April	29.3 °C	24.2 °C	26.6 °C	34.2 °C	19.4 °C	30	9
May	29.5 °C	25.1 °C	27.1 °C	34.2 °C	20.8 °C	31	11
June	29.6 °C	25.4 °C	27.4 °C	32.7 °C	22.7 °C	30	10
July	29.3 °C	25.1 °C	27.0 °C	32.4 °C	22.5 °C	31	5
August	29.5 °C	25.1 °C	27.2 °C	33.2 °C	23.1 °C	31	7
September	29.4 °C	24.9 °C	27.1 °C	34.2 °C	22.9 °C	30	7
October	28.0 °C	24.2 °C	26.0 °C	32.4 °C	20.4 °C	30	2
November	26.7 °C	23.0 °C	24.7 °C	31.6 °C	17.2 °C	25	0
December	26.1 °C	22.2 °C	24.1 °C	30.4 °C	18.7 °C	24	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	256 mm	17	11 h/day	52 %	85 %	16 km/h	26.8 °C
February	145 mm	11	12 h/day	43 %	83 %	17 km/h	26.8 °C
March	111 mm	10	12 h/day	39 %	81 %	17 km/h	27.2 °C
April	70 mm	10	12 h/day	44 %	81 %	17 km/h	28.0 °C
May	123 mm	18	13 h/day	63 %	83 %	16 km/h	28.5 °C
June	148 mm	23	13 h/day	76 %	85 %	16 km/h	29.0 °C
July	132 mm	23	13 h/day	67 %	84 %	17 km/h	28.8 °C
August	147 mm	25	13 h/day	67 %	84 %	16 km/h	29.4 °C
September	191 mm	27	12 h/day	73 %	85 %	13 km/h	29.9 °C
October	328 mm	26	12 h/day	74 %	87 %	14 km/h	29.2 °C
November	420 mm	23	11 h/day	68 %	87 %	15 km/h	28.2 °C
December	267 mm	19	11 h/day	57 %	86 %	14 km/h	27.3 °C

How La Ceiba compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
La Ceiba	30 °C	22 °C	2,338 mm	337
La Ceiba · Honduras	29 °C	22 °C	2,357 mm	334
San Pedro Sula · Honduras	32 °C	20 °C	1,873 mm	335
Tegucigalpa · Honduras	31 °C	17 °C	1,470 mm	322
Danlí · Honduras	32 °C	18 °C	1,111 mm	335
Belmopan · Belize	32 °C	20 °C	1,285 mm	343

Where La Ceiba ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in September	29th of 50	30 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit La Ceiba.

QuestionsCommon questions about La Ceiba’s climate

When is the best time to visit La Ceiba?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, June is the warmest month and April the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does La Ceiba get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 56 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in La Ceiba?

November, averaging 420 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is April with 70 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,338 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in La Ceiba rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 15.767°, -86.833° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.