Tegucigalpa climate

Name: Tegucigalpa
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Tegucigalpa is warmest in April, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 17 °C. September is the wettest month (269 mm) and February the driest (5.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tegucigalpa averages 1,470 mm of rain and 322 days above 25 °C.

Honduras · population 850,848 · 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 April 31 °C
Coldest month January 17 °C
Driest month February 5 mm
Wettest month September 269 mm
Least cloud February 36 % cloud
Hottest on record May 37 °C
Coldest on record March 9.5 °C

What to expectTegucigalpa through the year

Tegucigalpa has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in January to 31 °C in April, a swing of 4.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 322 days a year reach 25 °C, 63 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 269 mm against 5 mm in February — 50 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.3 °C	8 mm	42 %
February	28.3 °C	5 mm	36 %
March	30.2 °C	17 mm	39 %
April	31.4 °C	57 mm	53 %
May	29.3 °C	262 mm	77 %
June	27.3 °C	241 mm	83 %
July	27.3 °C	124 mm	73 %
August	27.9 °C	187 mm	74 %
September	27.5 °C	269 mm	81 %
October	26.1 °C	240 mm	78 %
November	25.4 °C	49 mm	63 %
December	25.6 °C	11 mm	49 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.3 °C	16.7 °C	20.8 °C	33.3 °C	11.2 °C	23	1
February	28.3 °C	17.1 °C	22.0 °C	34.7 °C	11.1 °C	26	6
March	30.2 °C	17.9 °C	23.4 °C	35.3 °C	9.5 °C	30	17
April	31.4 °C	19.6 °C	24.9 °C	36.3 °C	14.6 °C	30	23
May	29.3 °C	20.1 °C	24.0 °C	37.3 °C	15.8 °C	30	11
June	27.3 °C	19.9 °C	22.8 °C	31.2 °C	15.0 °C	28	0
July	27.3 °C	19.3 °C	22.7 °C	31.3 °C	14.1 °C	30	1
August	27.9 °C	19.5 °C	23.0 °C	32.6 °C	14.7 °C	30	3
September	27.5 °C	19.6 °C	22.7 °C	32.6 °C	15.9 °C	29	1
October	26.1 °C	19.1 °C	21.9 °C	30.2 °C	15.0 °C	25	0
November	25.4 °C	18.0 °C	21.1 °C	30.7 °C	11.2 °C	19	0
December	25.6 °C	17.2 °C	20.8 °C	31.0 °C	10.5 °C	20	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	8 mm	2	11 h/day	42 %	73 %	17 km/h
February	5 mm	2	12 h/day	36 %	66 %	16 km/h
March	17 mm	3	12 h/day	39 %	61 %	14 km/h
April	57 mm	8	12 h/day	53 %	61 %	12 km/h
May	262 mm	21	13 h/day	77 %	75 %	10 km/h
June	241 mm	23	13 h/day	83 %	84 %	11 km/h
July	124 mm	18	13 h/day	73 %	80 %	14 km/h
August	187 mm	22	13 h/day	74 %	80 %	12 km/h
September	269 mm	25	12 h/day	81 %	84 %	9.8 km/h
October	240 mm	22	12 h/day	78 %	86 %	11 km/h
November	49 mm	8	11 h/day	63 %	82 %	15 km/h
December	11 mm	3	11 h/day	49 %	77 %	16 km/h

How Tegucigalpa 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
Tegucigalpa	31 °C	17 °C	1,470 mm	322
Danlí · Honduras	32 °C	18 °C	1,111 mm	335
San Miguel · El Salvador	36 °C	22 °C	1,766 mm	365
San Pedro Sula · Honduras	32 °C	20 °C	1,873 mm	335

Where Tegucigalpa ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in North America in February	14thof 50	5.4 mm
The driest places in North America in January	19thof 50	8.3 mm
The warmest places in North America in March	26thof 50	30 °C
The warmest places in North America in April	30thof 50	31 °C
The warmest places in North America in February	35thof 50	28 °C
The driest places in North America in December	43rdof 50	11 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Tegucigalpa’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tegucigalpa?

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

How hot does Tegucigalpa get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 63 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 17 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Tegucigalpa?

September, averaging 269 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is February with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,470 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 Tegucigalpa 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
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.