San Pedro Sula climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of San Pedro Sula?

San Pedro Sula has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 2,042 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in San Pedro Sula?

The hottest day measured in San Pedro Sula between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2024, reaching 39.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in San Pedro Sula?

The coldest day measured in San Pedro Sula between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1996, at 9.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in San Pedro Sula?

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

Q: Has the climate of San Pedro Sula warmed?

Yes: San Pedro Sula warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in San Pedro Sula?

The wettest day measured in San Pedro Sula between 1940 and 2025 was 26 October 1957, with 229 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in San Pedro Sula?

The windiest day measured in San Pedro Sula between 1940 and 2025 was 19 September 1974, with winds reaching 23.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in San Pedro Sula?

The warmest month in San Pedro Sula is May (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (21.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in San Pedro Sula?

San Pedro Sula receives on average 2,042 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 261 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in San Pedro Sula?

San Pedro Sula gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

San Pedro Sula (Honduras) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 2,042 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 May (25.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (21.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

San Pedro Sula averages 0 frost days, 115 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 261 rainy days per year.

San Pedro Sula has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 26 March 2024) and the coldest 9.1 °C (on 13 March 1996).

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 Pedro SulaCortés Department

coords: 15.51°, -88.03°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthApril

Mean daily temperature

23.9°C

Average daily high

28.4°C

Average daily low

20.6°C

Annual rainfall

2,042mm

Sunshine / day

10.0h

Mean relative humidity

87%

Average peak wind

8.8km/h

Seasonal range

4.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

115 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

261 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.6 °C

Average feels-like low

24.1 °C

Average peak gust

31.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

246 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.4 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · 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

39.4 °C

26 March 2024

Coldest day

9.1 °C

13 March 1996

Wettest day

229 mm

26 October 1957

Windiest day

23.7 km/h

19 September 1974

Strongest gust

93.2 km/h

19 September 1974

Hottest feels-like

44.7 °C

24 May 2020

Coldest feels-like

8.4 °C

13 March 1996

Sunniest day

12.6 h

28 May 1973

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.9 °C15 March 2025	16.5 °C13 April 2025	25.3 °C	1,925 mm	194
2024	39.4 °C26 March 2024	13.2 °C23 February 2024	25.9 °C	2,424 mm	235
2023	37.0 °C11 October 2023	14.0 °C15 January 2023	25.8 °C	1,953 mm	236
2022	37.3 °C21 May 2022	16.1 °C8 February 2022	24.9 °C	2,007 mm	182
2021	37.5 °C4 May 2021	14.1 °C4 February 2021	25.4 °C	1,535 mm	233
2020	38.6 °C12 April 2020	14.2 °C24 February 2020	25.5 °C	2,143 mm	233
2019	37.7 °C13 April 2019	13.5 °C29 January 2019	25.4 °C	1,256 mm	235
2018	35.8 °C30 May 2018	14.5 °C22 December 2018	24.7 °C	1,624 mm	190
2017	38.1 °C29 April 2017	14.2 °C24 January 2017	25.0 °C	2,216 mm	189
2016	36.6 °C1 April 2016	13.3 °C25 January 2016	25.0 °C	1,845 mm	202
2015	38.3 °C28 April 2015	14.7 °C11 February 2015	25.0 °C	1,834 mm	181
2014	36.9 °C7 April 2014	13.0 °C17 January 2014	24.6 °C	2,169 mm	177
2013	36.2 °C1 May 2013	11.8 °C4 March 2013	24.7 °C	2,107 mm	169
2012	34.4 °C3 April 2012	13.6 °C24 December 2012	24.5 °C	1,960 mm	148
2011	38.0 °C27 April 2011	14.4 °C1 December 2011	24.7 °C	2,033 mm	187
2010	37.7 °C11 March 2010	12.8 °C16 December 2010	24.5 °C	1,955 mm	179
2009	37.1 °C2 April 2009	12.4 °C3 March 2009	24.6 °C	1,530 mm	188
2008	37.1 °C24 May 2008	14.0 °C14 December 2008	24.1 °C	2,151 mm	137
2007	36.1 °C14 April 2007	14.1 °C21 February 2007	24.4 °C	1,699 mm	166
2006	35.3 °C10 May 2006	12.6 °C16 January 2006	24.3 °C	2,088 mm	143
2005	37.0 °C26 April 2005	11.5 °C25 November 2005	24.6 °C	2,219 mm	172
2004	35.9 °C12 April 2004	14.3 °C20 February 2004	24.1 °C	2,118 mm	122
2003	38.1 °C30 April 2003	13.3 °C10 January 2003	24.3 °C	2,001 mm	172
2002	33.6 °C2 May 2002	12.3 °C10 January 2002	24.2 °C	1,702 mm	117
2001	35.6 °C29 March 2001	12.0 °C7 January 2001	23.7 °C	1,908 mm	115
2000	35.6 °C24 April 2000	12.5 °C27 January 2000	23.4 °C	1,740 mm	70
1999	35.4 °C6 May 1999	12.2 °C29 December 1999	23.6 °C	2,336 mm	103
1998	36.8 °C8 March 1998	10.9 °C4 February 1998	24.7 °C	2,231 mm	170
1997	38.2 °C27 April 1997	12.3 °C21 January 1997	24.5 °C	1,786 mm	118
1996	32.9 °C15 April 1996	9.1 °C13 March 1996	23.7 °C	2,440 mm	113
1995	35.8 °C19 April 1995	14.0 °C16 January 1995	24.4 °C	1,955 mm	161
1994	35.8 °C28 March 1994	12.0 °C5 March 1994	24.2 °C	1,330 mm	148
1993	38.4 °C15 April 1993	12.8 °C20 December 1993	24.1 °C	1,941 mm	108
1992	36.2 °C19 April 1992	15.1 °C4 May 1992	24.0 °C	1,617 mm	99
1991	37.2 °C23 April 1991	12.8 °C12 February 1991	24.4 °C	1,736 mm	141
1990	34.7 °C28 May 1990	15.3 °C23 March 1990	24.1 °C	2,496 mm	101
1989	34.9 °C9 June 1989	11.6 °C13 March 1989	24.0 °C	1,783 mm	128
1988	38.4 °C30 April 1988	12.6 °C28 February 1988	24.2 °C	2,215 mm	156
1987	36.0 °C23 March 1987	12.5 °C7 January 1987	23.9 °C	1,996 mm	121
1986	36.1 °C15 March 1986	13.1 °C4 March 1986	23.5 °C	1,830 mm	83
1985	34.7 °C21 March 1985	14.4 °C28 January 1985	23.9 °C	1,656 mm	103
1984	37.3 °C4 May 1984	12.0 °C25 November 1984	23.8 °C	1,934 mm	98
1983	36.5 °C16 March 1983	16.0 °C19 February 1983	24.5 °C	1,993 mm	152
1982	35.3 °C10 April 1982	15.3 °C16 January 1982	24.2 °C	1,934 mm	107
1981	34.7 °C18 May 1981	10.6 °C1 January 1981	23.8 °C	2,037 mm	108
1980	35.5 °C13 April 1980	12.3 °C29 December 1980	24.0 °C	2,495 mm	112
1979	35.0 °C11 April 1979	14.9 °C4 January 1979	24.1 °C	2,797 mm	103
1978	36.8 °C6 May 1978	10.1 °C7 February 1978	23.8 °C	2,418 mm	85
1977	34.9 °C4 April 1977	12.1 °C24 January 1977	23.7 °C	1,823 mm	85
1976	34.8 °C7 April 1976	12.6 °C11 February 1976	23.2 °C	2,747 mm	53
1975	36.4 °C6 May 1975	12.1 °C23 December 1975	23.9 °C	1,991 mm	124
1974	37.2 °C11 May 1974	13.1 °C13 February 1974	23.5 °C	2,105 mm	82
1973	37.0 °C3 April 1973	12.0 °C18 December 1973	24.0 °C	2,054 mm	111
1972	36.2 °C30 March 1972	14.6 °C28 December 1972	24.0 °C	2,166 mm	75
1971	34.5 °C23 April 1971	14.4 °C15 February 1971	23.6 °C	1,924 mm	75
1970	34.8 °C19 April 1970	14.8 °C11 January 1970	23.5 °C	2,182 mm	99
1969	37.7 °C5 May 1969	14.5 °C15 December 1969	23.9 °C	2,276 mm	98
1968	33.9 °C24 May 1968	12.9 °C9 February 1968	23.3 °C	2,534 mm	78
1967	34.3 °C31 May 1967	13.7 °C18 March 1967	23.6 °C	2,224 mm	66
1966	32.7 °C28 May 1966	13.2 °C30 November 1966	23.3 °C	2,796 mm	70
1965	36.1 °C26 April 1965	14.3 °C18 January 1965	23.6 °C	2,024 mm	90
1964	37.6 °C3 May 1964	14.8 °C13 February 1964	23.9 °C	1,966 mm	91
1963	34.5 °C14 June 1963	11.4 °C7 February 1963	23.4 °C	2,017 mm	88
1962	34.6 °C12 March 1962	12.9 °C8 March 1962	23.1 °C	2,192 mm	83
1961	36.4 °C15 April 1961	13.1 °C26 December 1961	23.2 °C	2,429 mm	70
1960	35.1 °C2 April 1960	11.0 °C1 February 1960	22.9 °C	2,258 mm	79
1959	33.5 °C21 April 1959	14.2 °C10 February 1959	23.0 °C	2,016 mm	68
1958	35.0 °C5 April 1958	11.7 °C9 February 1958	23.7 °C	2,058 mm	95
1957	37.1 °C23 March 1957	13.1 °C11 December 1957	23.4 °C	2,024 mm	95
1956	36.4 °C16 April 1956	11.6 °C15 January 1956	22.5 °C	2,106 mm	43
1955	36.4 °C20 May 1955	13.6 °C1 February 1955	23.0 °C	1,808 mm	73
1954	33.5 °C13 March 1954	12.3 °C10 February 1954	23.0 °C	2,095 mm	43
1953	38.8 °C12 April 1953	13.2 °C11 January 1953	24.0 °C	2,172 mm	93
1952	35.5 °C25 March 1952	13.3 °C28 February 1952	23.5 °C	2,103 mm	85
1951	36.9 °C7 April 1951	13.5 °C12 January 1951	23.4 °C	1,929 mm	81
1950	33.9 °C27 March 1950	13.3 °C13 December 1950	22.4 °C	2,257 mm	41
1949	38.1 °C4 April 1949	15.0 °C2 January 1949	23.0 °C	1,514 mm	54
1948	37.0 °C1 April 1948	14.1 °C15 January 1948	23.1 °C	2,226 mm	43
1947	33.9 °C25 April 1947	13.1 °C16 February 1947	23.4 °C	1,560 mm	75
1946	33.8 °C26 May 1946	14.9 °C23 March 1946	22.9 °C	1,921 mm	54
1945	37.4 °C16 May 1945	9.8 °C6 December 1945	23.0 °C	2,137 mm	54
1944	35.4 °C16 April 1944	14.0 °C19 January 1944	22.8 °C	1,922 mm	64
1943	31.3 °C4 June 1943	11.5 °C20 December 1943	22.4 °C	2,222 mm	22
1942	33.9 °C13 May 1942	15.0 °C13 January 1942	22.7 °C	2,564 mm	37
1941	35.7 °C6 May 1941	11.7 °C13 February 1941	22.7 °C	2,019 mm	36
1940	35.1 °C18 April 1940	13.7 °C19 February 1940	22.9 °C	2,124 mm	65

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.8 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

194 d/yr

+79

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1925 mm

-117 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.7 °C	+1.4 °C	158 mm	+18 mm
Feb	28.3 °C	+1.7 °C	86 mm	-12 mm
Mar	30.3 °C	+1.5 °C	74 mm	-6 mm
Apr	30.1 °C	-0.4 °C	75 mm	+5 mm
May	33.6 °C	+2.4 °C	64 mm	-76 mm
Jun	31.7 °C	+1.4 °C	243 mm	+26 mm
Jul	30.6 °C	+1.3 °C	173 mm	-33 mm
Aug	31.2 °C	+1.7 °C	140 mm	-39 mm
Sep	31.1 °C	+1.4 °C	177 mm	-35 mm
Oct	30.0 °C	+2.0 °C	201 mm	-75 mm
Nov	27.1 °C	+0.9 °C	334 mm	+86 mm
Dec	27.0 °C	+1.6 °C	200 mm	+24 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.9 °C

15 Mar 2025

Coldest day

16.5 °C

13 Apr 2025

Wettest day

108.4 mm

11 Nov 2025

Windiest day

14.6 km/h

11 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

55.1 km/h

11 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.3 °C

3 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

17.8 °C

13 Apr 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

13 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of San Pedro Sula?

San Pedro Sula has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 2,042 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in San Pedro Sula?

The hottest day measured in San Pedro Sula between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2024, reaching 39.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in San Pedro Sula?

The coldest day measured in San Pedro Sula between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1996, at 9.1 °C.

Does it snow in San Pedro Sula?

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

Has the climate of San Pedro Sula warmed?

Yes: San Pedro Sula warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in San Pedro Sula?

The wettest day measured in San Pedro Sula between 1940 and 2025 was 26 October 1957, with 229 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in San Pedro Sula?

The windiest day measured in San Pedro Sula between 1940 and 2025 was 19 September 1974, with winds reaching 23.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in San Pedro Sula?

The warmest month in San Pedro Sula is May (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (21.3 °C).

How much does it rain in San Pedro Sula?

San Pedro Sula receives on average 2,042 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 261 rainy days.

Is it sunny in San Pedro Sula?

San Pedro Sula gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in San Pedro Sula?

Yes: San Pedro Sula has on average 246 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in San Pedro Sula?

In San Pedro Sula, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.7 °C on 24 May 2020, and the lowest was 8.4 °C on 13 March 1996.

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