San Pedro Sula climate

Name: San Pedro Sula
Address: HN

San Pedro Sula is warmest in May, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. October is the wettest month (260 mm) and April the driest (62 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year San Pedro Sula averages 1,873 mm of rain and 335 days above 25 °C.

Honduras · population 801,259 · 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 May 32 °C
Coldest month January 20 °C
Driest month April 62 mm
Wettest month October 260 mm
Least cloud March 52 % cloud
Hottest on record April 41 °C
Coldest on record March 12 °C

What to expectSan Pedro Sula through the year

San Pedro Sula has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in January to 32 °C in May, a swing of 4.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 335 days a year reach 25 °C, 151 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 260 mm against 62 mm in April — 4.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.2 °C	134 mm	68 %
February	27.6 °C	87 mm	60 %
March	29.6 °C	81 mm	52 %
April	31.9 °C	62 mm	54 %
May	32.0 °C	137 mm	71 %
June	30.9 °C	195 mm	84 %
July	30.2 °C	171 mm	79 %
August	30.5 °C	163 mm	78 %
September	30.5 °C	198 mm	83 %
October	28.8 °C	260 mm	82 %
November	26.8 °C	241 mm	76 %
December	26.3 °C	145 mm	71 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.2 °C	19.8 °C	22.4 °C	33.1 °C	13.8 °C	22	1
February	27.6 °C	20.2 °C	23.3 °C	37.0 °C	13.3 °C	24	5
March	29.6 °C	20.8 °C	24.5 °C	38.0 °C	12.3 °C	29	13
April	31.9 °C	22.7 °C	26.5 °C	41.4 °C	17.1 °C	30	23
May	32.0 °C	23.6 °C	27.0 °C	40.5 °C	17.0 °C	31	25
June	30.9 °C	23.7 °C	26.5 °C	38.7 °C	21.7 °C	30	20
July	30.2 °C	23.2 °C	26.0 °C	35.7 °C	20.7 °C	31	15
August	30.5 °C	23.2 °C	26.1 °C	37.2 °C	21.3 °C	31	19
September	30.5 °C	23.2 °C	26.1 °C	35.9 °C	21.5 °C	30	18
October	28.8 °C	22.5 °C	25.0 °C	35.0 °C	17.6 °C	29	8
November	26.8 °C	21.2 °C	23.5 °C	33.5 °C	14.4 °C	24	2
December	26.3 °C	20.3 °C	22.8 °C	32.1 °C	13.9 °C	23	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	134 mm	17	11 h/day	68 %	89 %	8.6 km/h
February	87 mm	13	12 h/day	60 %	87 %	9.9 km/h
March	81 mm	10	12 h/day	52 %	83 %	11 km/h
April	62 mm	11	12 h/day	54 %	79 %	12 km/h
May	137 mm	20	13 h/day	71 %	81 %	11 km/h
June	195 mm	26	13 h/day	84 %	87 %	9.5 km/h
July	171 mm	27	13 h/day	79 %	87 %	10 km/h
August	163 mm	27	13 h/day	78 %	87 %	9.9 km/h
September	198 mm	27	12 h/day	83 %	88 %	8.8 km/h
October	260 mm	26	12 h/day	82 %	90 %	8.1 km/h
November	241 mm	22	11 h/day	76 %	91 %	8.1 km/h
December	145 mm	19	11 h/day	71 %	90 %	8.0 km/h

How San Pedro Sula 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
San Pedro Sula	32 °C	20 °C	1,873 mm	335
La Ceiba · Honduras	30 °C	22 °C	2,338 mm	337
La Ceiba · Honduras	29 °C	22 °C	2,357 mm	334
Tegucigalpa · Honduras	31 °C	17 °C	1,470 mm	322
Belmopan · Belize	32 °C	20 °C	1,285 mm	343

Where San Pedro Sula ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in North America in April	21st of 50	32 °C
The warmest places in North America in March	33rd of 50	30 °C
The warmest places in North America in May	33rd of 50	32 °C
The warmest places in North America in February	48th of 50	28 °C
The warmest places in North America year-round	50th of 50	29 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit San Pedro Sula.

QuestionsCommon questions about San Pedro Sula’s climate

When is the best time to visit San Pedro Sula?

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, May is the warmest month and April the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does San Pedro Sula get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 151 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 20 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in San Pedro Sula?

October, averaging 260 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is April with 62 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,873 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 San Pedro Sula 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: 15.506°, -88.026° (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.