Ciudad Choluteca climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ciudad Choluteca?

Ciudad Choluteca has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 2,055 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ciudad Choluteca?

The hottest day measured in Ciudad Choluteca between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 2023, reaching 40.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ciudad Choluteca?

The coldest day measured in Ciudad Choluteca between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1945, at 16.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ciudad Choluteca?

Almost never: Ciudad Choluteca sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Ciudad Choluteca warmed?

Yes: Ciudad Choluteca warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Ciudad Choluteca?

The wettest day measured in Ciudad Choluteca between 1940 and 2025 was 30 October 1998, with 210 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ciudad Choluteca?

The windiest day measured in Ciudad Choluteca between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1955, with winds reaching 31.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ciudad Choluteca?

The warmest month in Ciudad Choluteca is April (29.8 °C on average); the coldest is October (26.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ciudad Choluteca?

Ciudad Choluteca receives on average 2,055 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 161 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ciudad Choluteca?

Ciudad Choluteca gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ciudad Choluteca (Honduras) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 2,055 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is April (29.8 °C on average) and the coldest is October (26.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Ciudad Choluteca averages 0 frost days, 335 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 161 rainy days per year.

Ciudad Choluteca has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.7 °C (on 6 May 2023) and the coldest 16.6 °C (on 6 December 1945).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

Ciudad CholutecaCholuteca Department

coords: 13.31°, -87.18°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthOctoberWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

28.2°C

Average daily high

33.3°C

Average daily low

24.0°C

Annual rainfall

2,055mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

68%

Average peak wind

12.4km/h

Seasonal range

3.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

335 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

161 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

37.5 °C

Average feels-like low

27.5 °C

Average peak gust

30.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

363 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

40.7 °C

6 May 2023

Coldest day

16.6 °C

6 December 1945

Wettest day

210 mm

30 October 1998

Windiest day

31.2 km/h

13 February 1955

Strongest gust

65.2 km/h

28 January 1988

Hottest feels-like

44.5 °C

8 April 2020

Coldest feels-like

15.0 °C

6 December 1945

Sunniest day

12.6 h

31 May 1943

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.9 °C22 March 2025	22.1 °C10 January 2025	29.6 °C	1,727 mm	365
2024	39.8 °C12 April 2024	20.7 °C10 February 2024	29.3 °C	2,336 mm	346
2023	40.7 °C6 May 2023	20.4 °C19 January 2023	29.5 °C	1,782 mm	357
2022	38.7 °C12 April 2022	20.9 °C15 December 2022	28.7 °C	2,648 mm	345
2021	38.8 °C26 March 2021	21.6 °C5 February 2021	29.1 °C	1,994 mm	362
2020	39.7 °C7 April 2020	21.1 °C10 December 2020	28.9 °C	2,330 mm	339
2019	39.9 °C29 April 2019	21.5 °C2 December 2019	29.4 °C	1,647 mm	359
2018	39.0 °C20 April 2018	20.4 °C14 December 2018	29.2 °C	1,693 mm	355
2017	39.0 °C6 April 2017	20.1 °C19 November 2017	28.8 °C	2,217 mm	349
2016	39.9 °C9 April 2016	20.0 °C23 November 2016	29.2 °C	1,824 mm	358
2015	39.4 °C21 August 2015	22.0 °C23 January 2015	29.8 °C	1,593 mm	359
2014	39.8 °C20 April 2014	21.3 °C3 February 2014	29.2 °C	1,672 mm	357
2013	38.9 °C17 April 2013	21.7 °C27 December 2013	28.8 °C	1,801 mm	358
2012	37.8 °C12 March 2012	20.8 °C16 December 2012	28.5 °C	1,865 mm	355
2011	38.4 °C4 April 2011	20.5 °C8 January 2011	28.3 °C	2,838 mm	342
2010	38.4 °C31 March 2010	19.1 °C18 December 2010	28.1 °C	2,955 mm	326
2009	38.5 °C21 April 2009	20.0 °C25 December 2009	28.8 °C	1,694 mm	357
2008	38.4 °C29 March 2008	20.5 °C3 February 2008	28.1 °C	2,315 mm	337
2007	38.9 °C4 March 2007	19.7 °C11 November 2007	28.2 °C	2,366 mm	334
2006	39.7 °C31 March 2006	18.7 °C23 November 2006	28.7 °C	2,170 mm	352
2005	39.9 °C16 April 2005	18.9 °C24 November 2005	28.4 °C	2,285 mm	335
2004	39.5 °C10 May 2004	20.4 °C10 November 2004	28.8 °C	1,651 mm	362
2003	39.4 °C7 March 2003	21.1 °C8 December 2003	28.5 °C	2,095 mm	358
2002	39.7 °C11 May 2002	20.7 °C10 January 2002	29.1 °C	1,609 mm	342
2001	39.8 °C30 April 2001	20.9 °C8 January 2001	28.4 °C	1,651 mm	341
2000	38.3 °C30 April 2000	18.8 °C6 January 2000	28.2 °C	2,018 mm	350
1999	38.8 °C13 April 1999	19.0 °C27 November 1999	27.6 °C	2,805 mm	296
1998	39.7 °C15 May 1998	20.2 °C4 February 1998	28.6 °C	2,759 mm	333
1997	39.5 °C23 May 1997	20.1 °C16 December 1997	28.9 °C	1,473 mm	346
1996	38.5 °C28 March 1996	18.0 °C14 January 1996	27.8 °C	2,461 mm	329
1995	37.8 °C28 March 1995	20.8 °C1 January 1995	28.0 °C	2,829 mm	322
1994	39.0 °C18 April 1994	20.3 °C27 January 1994	28.7 °C	1,453 mm	352
1993	38.7 °C22 March 1993	18.2 °C20 December 1993	28.3 °C	2,350 mm	346
1992	39.9 °C10 April 1992	20.7 °C8 January 1992	28.6 °C	1,692 mm	349
1991	38.7 °C8 May 1991	20.3 °C15 February 1991	28.7 °C	1,369 mm	346
1990	39.6 °C12 April 1990	20.1 °C1 January 1990	28.7 °C	1,743 mm	343
1989	38.7 °C14 April 1989	19.0 °C25 December 1989	28.2 °C	1,933 mm	338
1988	38.5 °C24 March 1988	21.5 °C27 January 1988	28.2 °C	2,337 mm	339
1987	39.5 °C13 April 1987	19.9 °C8 January 1987	28.9 °C	1,691 mm	361
1986	38.5 °C24 April 1986	19.5 °C15 March 1986	28.2 °C	1,288 mm	343
1985	38.6 °C13 April 1985	20.1 °C18 January 1985	27.9 °C	1,948 mm	341
1984	38.1 °C30 March 1984	19.4 °C24 November 1984	27.6 °C	1,846 mm	331
1983	39.6 °C11 May 1983	21.1 °C19 March 1983	28.7 °C	1,828 mm	356
1982	38.9 °C1 April 1982	19.9 °C30 December 1982	28.8 °C	1,936 mm	341
1981	38.0 °C13 April 1981	19.0 °C1 January 1981	27.9 °C	2,289 mm	327
1980	39.7 °C28 March 1980	20.2 °C29 December 1980	28.3 °C	2,198 mm	342
1979	38.6 °C12 April 1979	20.5 °C20 December 1979	28.2 °C	2,477 mm	322
1978	37.2 °C16 March 1978	20.7 °C18 January 1978	27.8 °C	2,328 mm	341
1977	38.8 °C11 April 1977	18.9 °C3 January 1977	28.4 °C	1,628 mm	345
1976	37.5 °C12 August 1976	18.6 °C25 February 1976	28.1 °C	1,639 mm	350
1975	38.4 °C22 April 1975	18.4 °C15 November 1975	27.8 °C	2,159 mm	323
1974	39.0 °C22 April 1974	20.4 °C14 November 1974	27.8 °C	1,753 mm	335
1973	39.0 °C30 April 1973	19.9 °C20 December 1973	27.8 °C	2,410 mm	323
1972	39.9 °C2 April 1972	21.3 °C28 December 1972	28.6 °C	1,591 mm	348
1971	37.5 °C4 May 1971	20.5 °C19 January 1971	27.7 °C	1,955 mm	333
1970	39.2 °C4 April 1970	19.6 °C18 January 1970	27.8 °C	2,418 mm	334
1969	38.7 °C8 April 1969	20.1 °C10 January 1969	27.8 °C	2,884 mm	318
1968	37.9 °C1 May 1968	19.5 °C24 February 1968	27.8 °C	2,179 mm	338
1967	38.5 °C4 April 1967	20.6 °C14 February 1967	28.4 °C	1,425 mm	344
1966	38.2 °C16 March 1966	19.6 °C30 November 1966	28.1 °C	2,181 mm	338
1965	38.4 °C7 May 1965	18.8 °C31 January 1965	28.4 °C	1,474 mm	346
1964	38.7 °C30 March 1964	20.7 °C30 December 1964	28.0 °C	1,697 mm	337
1963	38.5 °C27 April 1963	19.9 °C11 January 1963	27.9 °C	2,155 mm	339
1962	38.1 °C13 April 1962	19.0 °C15 February 1962	27.5 °C	2,073 mm	331
1961	38.4 °C19 April 1961	20.2 °C4 December 1961	27.5 °C	1,844 mm	325
1960	37.0 °C14 March 1960	19.7 °C31 January 1960	27.0 °C	2,219 mm	316
1959	38.4 °C11 April 1959	19.4 °C4 February 1959	27.3 °C	1,547 mm	326
1958	38.2 °C12 April 1958	19.1 °C5 February 1958	27.9 °C	2,203 mm	349
1957	37.6 °C6 May 1957	19.7 °C11 December 1957	27.7 °C	1,852 mm	348
1956	38.3 °C2 May 1956	17.0 °C16 January 1956	27.3 °C	1,920 mm	317
1955	38.3 °C11 May 1955	18.9 °C27 December 1955	27.2 °C	2,592 mm	281
1954	37.4 °C4 April 1954	19.7 °C8 December 1954	27.4 °C	2,711 mm	303
1953	38.6 °C22 April 1953	20.3 °C11 January 1953	28.0 °C	2,313 mm	335
1952	38.2 °C6 April 1952	19.7 °C28 February 1952	27.6 °C	2,287 mm	336
1951	36.8 °C19 March 1951	19.5 °C24 January 1951	27.7 °C	2,044 mm	345
1950	37.7 °C13 April 1950	18.5 °C29 November 1950	27.0 °C	2,827 mm	298
1949	38.3 °C27 April 1949	20.4 °C2 January 1949	27.3 °C	2,362 mm	310
1948	37.3 °C4 April 1948	20.1 °C8 November 1948	27.1 °C	2,818 mm	289
1947	38.4 °C26 April 1947	20.5 °C29 January 1947	27.1 °C	2,583 mm	278
1946	36.8 °C21 April 1946	20.0 °C19 November 1946	27.3 °C	1,417 mm	318
1945	36.3 °C15 March 1945	16.6 °C6 December 1945	26.9 °C	2,441 mm	295
1944	37.5 °C9 April 1944	18.6 °C22 November 1944	27.0 °C	1,949 mm	309
1943	36.8 °C14 April 1943	17.1 °C22 December 1943	26.9 °C	2,040 mm	322
1942	38.3 °C31 March 1942	20.3 °C17 January 1942	26.9 °C	2,330 mm	238
1941	38.4 °C26 April 1941	19.1 °C14 January 1941	27.9 °C	1,233 mm	337
1940	36.7 °C1 April 1940	20.9 °C26 December 1940	27.3 °C	1,781 mm	314

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.6 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

365 d/yr

+30

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1727 mm

-328 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.9 °C	+1.1 °C	9 mm	+6 mm
Feb	35.9 °C	+1.3 °C	2 mm	+0 mm
Mar	36.6 °C	+1.1 °C	9 mm	+0 mm
Apr	37.0 °C	+1.4 °C	15 mm	-35 mm
May	35.5 °C	+2.0 °C	86 mm	-212 mm
Jun	33.4 °C	+1.2 °C	317 mm	-44 mm
Jul	35.6 °C	+2.2 °C	52 mm	-117 mm
Aug	34.9 °C	+1.8 °C	142 mm	-131 mm
Sep	32.8 °C	+1.4 °C	473 mm	+27 mm
Oct	31.7 °C	+0.6 °C	549 mm	+184 mm
Nov	33.4 °C	+1.4 °C	31 mm	-40 mm
Dec	33.9 °C	+0.9 °C	42 mm	+33 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.9 °C

22 Mar 2025

Coldest day

22.1 °C

10 Jan 2025

Wettest day

105.9 mm

17 Oct 2025

Windiest day

28.4 km/h

25 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

60.1 km/h

25 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.4 °C

11 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

23.9 °C

10 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.5 h

28 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ciudad Choluteca?

Ciudad Choluteca has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 2,055 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ciudad Choluteca?

The hottest day measured in Ciudad Choluteca between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 2023, reaching 40.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ciudad Choluteca?

The coldest day measured in Ciudad Choluteca between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1945, at 16.6 °C.

Does it snow in Ciudad Choluteca?

Almost never: Ciudad Choluteca sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Ciudad Choluteca warmed?

Yes: Ciudad Choluteca warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Ciudad Choluteca?

The wettest day measured in Ciudad Choluteca between 1940 and 2025 was 30 October 1998, with 210 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ciudad Choluteca?

The windiest day measured in Ciudad Choluteca between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1955, with winds reaching 31.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ciudad Choluteca?

The warmest month in Ciudad Choluteca is April (29.8 °C on average); the coldest is October (26.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Ciudad Choluteca?

Ciudad Choluteca receives on average 2,055 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 161 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ciudad Choluteca?

Ciudad Choluteca gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Ciudad Choluteca?

Yes: Ciudad Choluteca has on average 363 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ciudad Choluteca?

In Ciudad Choluteca, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.5 °C on 8 April 2020, and the lowest was 15.0 °C on 6 December 1945.

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