San Lorenzo climate — normals and trends

San Lorenzo (Honduras) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 1,942 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 (29.1 °C on average) and the coldest is October (26.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

San Lorenzo averages 0 frost days, 316 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 156 rainy days per year.

San Lorenzo has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.6 °C (on 12 April 2024) and the coldest 16.8 °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

San LorenzoValle Department

coords
13.42°, -87.45°
period
19402025 · 86 yrs
AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthOctoberWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.7°C

Average daily high

32.3°C

Average daily low

23.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,942mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

12.1km/h

Seasonal range

2.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

316 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

156 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.8 °C

Average feels-like low

27.1 °C

Average peak gust

29.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

363 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · p = < 0.001

1940Each stripe is one year, from 1940 (left) to 2025 (right). Blue = colder than the period average, red = warmer.2025

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

39.6 °C

12 April 2024

Coldest day

16.8 °C

6 December 1945

Wettest day

233 mm

31 October 1998

Windiest day

31.3 km/h

31 October 1998

Strongest gust

67.7 km/h

27 January 1988

Hottest feels-like

43.9 °C

26 March 2013

Coldest feels-like

14.6 °C

6 December 1945

Sunniest day

12.6 h

31 May 1943

YearHottest dayColdest dayAnnual meanRainfallHot daysFrost days
202538.3 °C31 July 202522.1 °C10 January 202529.2 °C1,776 mm3590
202439.6 °C12 April 202419.8 °C23 February 202429.0 °C2,334 mm3400
202339.5 °C5 May 202320.6 °C19 January 202329.1 °C1,639 mm3580
202237.6 °C20 March 202221.5 °C7 January 202228.3 °C2,399 mm3370
202137.9 °C1 April 202121.2 °C25 December 202128.7 °C1,890 mm3580
202038.4 °C19 February 202021.3 °C1 February 202028.5 °C2,438 mm3380
201939.2 °C29 April 201921.7 °C4 February 201928.9 °C1,589 mm3550
201838.2 °C20 April 201820.4 °C14 December 201828.6 °C1,693 mm3490
201738.2 °C7 April 201720.4 °C25 January 201728.4 °C2,327 mm3400
201638.8 °C9 April 201621.1 °C23 November 201628.8 °C1,776 mm3560
201538.8 °C21 August 201522.1 °C23 January 201529.4 °C1,435 mm3540
201438.5 °C26 March 201421.0 °C3 February 201428.7 °C1,474 mm3510
201337.3 °C30 March 201321.8 °C8 February 201328.3 °C1,658 mm3510
201237.1 °C13 March 201220.8 °C24 December 201228.1 °C1,742 mm3480
201136.6 °C3 February 201120.4 °C8 January 201127.8 °C2,616 mm3360
201037.5 °C23 March 201019.2 °C18 December 201027.8 °C2,999 mm3160
200938.0 °C22 April 200920.1 °C29 March 200928.3 °C1,488 mm3520
200837.4 °C18 April 200820.7 °C29 January 200827.6 °C2,298 mm3210
200737.7 °C4 March 200720.2 °C11 November 200727.8 °C2,088 mm3270
200638.0 °C23 April 200619.5 °C23 November 200628.3 °C2,072 mm3430
200537.8 °C18 April 200518.5 °C26 November 200528.0 °C2,401 mm3250
200439.2 °C10 May 200420.1 °C18 January 200428.3 °C1,632 mm3590
200337.9 °C10 March 200320.6 °C8 December 200328.0 °C1,977 mm3450
200238.6 °C5 May 200220.0 °C10 January 200228.5 °C1,650 mm3380
200137.6 °C30 April 200120.1 °C8 January 200127.9 °C1,583 mm3310
200037.6 °C9 April 200018.7 °C28 January 200027.6 °C1,873 mm3370
199937.6 °C13 April 199919.3 °C30 December 199927.3 °C2,744 mm2790
199838.9 °C15 May 199819.9 °C4 February 199828.1 °C2,587 mm3180
199738.1 °C5 May 199719.6 °C16 December 199728.4 °C1,472 mm3390
199636.9 °C28 March 199617.7 °C14 January 199627.3 °C2,526 mm3000
199536.6 °C3 April 199520.0 °C10 February 199527.6 °C2,820 mm3130
199438.2 °C18 April 199420.2 °C28 January 199428.1 °C1,519 mm3410
199337.0 °C17 February 199319.0 °C20 December 199327.8 °C2,333 mm3350
199239.2 °C9 April 199219.7 °C19 December 199228.1 °C1,680 mm3370
199137.6 °C8 May 199120.2 °C24 December 199128.2 °C1,221 mm3370
199038.4 °C10 April 199019.6 °C1 January 199028.2 °C1,628 mm3280
198937.5 °C6 April 198919.2 °C25 December 198927.7 °C1,792 mm3240
198837.9 °C24 March 198821.4 °C23 December 198827.8 °C2,253 mm3190
198737.9 °C22 April 198719.9 °C6 January 198728.4 °C1,439 mm3570
198636.8 °C24 April 198618.5 °C15 March 198627.7 °C1,123 mm3300
198537.5 °C26 March 198519.8 °C18 January 198527.6 °C1,714 mm3200
198436.4 °C15 March 198419.7 °C9 January 198427.3 °C1,668 mm3100
198338.2 °C12 May 198321.1 °C21 March 198328.2 °C1,600 mm3440
198237.9 °C1 April 198220.4 °C30 December 198228.3 °C1,815 mm3280
198137.0 °C13 April 198119.2 °C1 January 198127.6 °C2,060 mm3060
198038.0 °C28 March 198019.6 °C29 December 198027.9 °C1,965 mm3300
197937.3 °C6 April 197920.2 °C25 November 197927.8 °C2,266 mm3000
197836.1 °C16 March 197820.1 °C7 February 197827.4 °C2,167 mm3130
197737.2 °C11 April 197718.7 °C3 January 197727.9 °C1,449 mm3210
197636.2 °C29 July 197619.0 °C7 January 197627.6 °C1,561 mm3290
197537.9 °C22 April 197519.0 °C24 December 197527.3 °C1,936 mm3060
197437.4 °C25 April 197419.6 °C14 November 197427.3 °C1,729 mm3070
197337.8 °C30 April 197320.0 °C19 December 197327.3 °C2,496 mm2800
197238.2 °C2 April 197221.3 °C28 December 197228.1 °C1,586 mm3400
197136.1 °C8 March 197119.4 °C19 January 197127.2 °C1,903 mm3010
197038.2 °C23 March 197020.0 °C18 January 197027.4 °C2,044 mm3040
196937.6 °C31 March 196920.0 °C21 January 196927.4 °C2,715 mm2760
196836.5 °C2 April 196819.7 °C24 February 196827.4 °C2,089 mm3180
196737.6 °C4 April 196720.6 °C18 March 196727.9 °C1,307 mm3260
196637.7 °C23 April 196620.4 °C30 November 196627.6 °C2,007 mm3160
196537.0 °C21 March 196518.6 °C31 January 196527.8 °C1,385 mm3300
196437.7 °C30 March 196420.5 °C23 December 196427.5 °C1,550 mm3130
196336.7 °C26 April 196319.9 °C8 January 196327.4 °C2,073 mm3240
196237.5 °C17 April 196219.1 °C22 December 196227.0 °C2,113 mm3080
196137.9 °C19 April 196120.6 °C14 January 196127.1 °C1,788 mm3070
196036.2 °C28 March 196018.9 °C13 February 196026.6 °C2,025 mm2930
195937.4 °C11 April 195919.7 °C4 February 195926.9 °C1,416 mm2980
195837.2 °C13 April 195819.0 °C5 February 195827.5 °C2,215 mm3340
195736.4 °C6 May 195719.1 °C11 December 195727.2 °C1,974 mm3250
195636.9 °C22 April 195617.6 °C16 January 195626.8 °C1,780 mm2810
195536.9 °C11 May 195520.6 °C8 January 195526.7 °C2,377 mm2380
195436.1 °C3 March 195420.4 °C8 December 195427.0 °C2,604 mm2680
195337.1 °C21 April 195320.2 °C11 January 195327.6 °C2,197 mm3140
195236.4 °C6 April 195219.4 °C28 February 195227.2 °C2,000 mm3050
195135.8 °C20 March 195119.3 °C12 January 195127.3 °C1,937 mm3150
195036.1 °C13 April 195019.0 °C14 December 195026.5 °C2,513 mm2550
194936.6 °C27 April 194919.9 °C2 January 194926.8 °C1,943 mm2720
194836.5 °C4 April 194819.8 °C8 November 194826.8 °C2,635 mm2460
194737.0 °C27 April 194720.2 °C18 February 194726.7 °C2,402 mm2260
194635.3 °C12 April 194619.8 °C2 January 194627.0 °C1,179 mm2850
194535.1 °C21 April 194516.8 °C6 December 194526.5 °C2,368 mm2620
194436.3 °C6 March 194418.7 °C8 January 194426.7 °C1,697 mm2730
194335.4 °C15 April 194317.4 °C21 December 194326.5 °C1,876 mm2750
194237.2 °C31 March 194220.6 °C28 November 194226.5 °C2,182 mm1990
194137.2 °C26 April 194118.9 °C14 January 194127.4 °C1,150 mm3100
194035.7 °C15 March 194020.2 °C25 December 194027.0 °C1,596 mm2710

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Across the whole year

Average daily high
33.8 °C
+1.5 °C
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
359 d/yr
+43
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
0
Annual rainfall
1776 mm
-166 mm

Month by month

Highvs. normalPrecipitationvs. normal
Jan34.0 °C+1.3 °C14 mm+12 mm
Feb35.0 °C+1.6 °C1 mm-1 mm
Mar34.8 °C+0.9 °C7 mm-2 mm
Apr35.4 °C+1.5 °C23 mm-24 mm
May34.4 °C+1.9 °C71 mm-200 mm
Jun33.2 °C+1.6 °C292 mm-40 mm
Jul35.5 °C+2.6 °C46 mm-118 mm
Aug34.3 °C+2.0 °C111 mm-152 mm
Sep32.3 °C+1.6 °C593 mm+167 mm
Oct31.1 °C+0.7 °C570 mm+215 mm
Nov32.8 °C+1.6 °C22 mm-44 mm
Dec32.9 °C+0.8 °C26 mm+19 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day
38.3 °C
31 Jul 2025
Coldest day
22.1 °C
10 Jan 2025
Wettest day
110.1 mm
17 Oct 2025
Windiest day
25.6 km/h
25 Jan 2025
Strongest gust
52.6 km/h
25 Jan 2025
Hottest feels-like
42.8 °C
13 May 2025
Coldest feels-like
23.6 °C
18 Jan 2025
Sunniest day
12.4 h
30 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of San Lorenzo?

San Lorenzo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 1,942 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in San Lorenzo?

The hottest day measured in San Lorenzo between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 2024, reaching 39.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in San Lorenzo?

The coldest day measured in San Lorenzo between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1945, at 16.8 °C.

Does it snow in San Lorenzo?

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

Has the climate of San Lorenzo warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in San Lorenzo?

The wettest day measured in San Lorenzo between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1998, with 233 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in San Lorenzo?

The windiest day measured in San Lorenzo between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1998, with winds reaching 31.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in San Lorenzo?

The warmest month in San Lorenzo is April (29.1 °C on average); the coldest is October (26.6 °C).

How much does it rain in San Lorenzo?

San Lorenzo receives on average 1,942 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 156 rainy days.

Is it sunny in San Lorenzo?

San Lorenzo gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in San Lorenzo?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in San Lorenzo?

In San Lorenzo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.9 °C on 26 March 2013, and the lowest was 14.6 °C on 6 December 1945.

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