Santa Bárbara climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Santa Bárbara?

Santa Bárbara has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.7 °C and it receives 1,736 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Bárbara?

The hottest day measured in Santa Bárbara between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2024, reaching 40.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Santa Bárbara?

The coldest day measured in Santa Bárbara between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1945, at 6.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Santa Bárbara?

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

Q: Has the climate of Santa Bárbara warmed?

Yes: Santa Bárbara warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Santa Bárbara?

The wettest day measured in Santa Bárbara between 1940 and 2025 was 26 October 1957, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Santa Bárbara?

The windiest day measured in Santa Bárbara between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1983, with winds reaching 17.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Santa Bárbara?

The warmest month in Santa Bárbara is May (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (20.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Santa Bárbara?

Santa Bárbara receives on average 1,736 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 236 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Santa Bárbara?

Santa Bárbara gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Santa Bárbara (Honduras) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.7 °C and it receives 1,736 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 (25.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (20.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Santa Bárbara averages 0 frost days, 81 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 236 rainy days per year.

Santa Bárbara 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 40.3 °C (on 26 March 2024) and the coldest 6.9 °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

Santa BárbaraSanta Bárbara Department

coords: 14.92°, -88.24°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthMarch

Mean daily temperature

22.7°C

Average daily high

27.5°C

Average daily low

19.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,736mm

Sunshine / day

9.5h

Mean relative humidity

84%

Average peak wind

7.3km/h

Seasonal range

4.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

81 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

236 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.3 °C

Average feels-like low

21.7 °C

Average peak gust

27.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

141 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.4 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.75 · 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

40.3 °C

26 March 2024

Coldest day

6.9 °C

6 December 1945

Wettest day

138 mm

26 October 1957

Windiest day

17.9 km/h

16 March 1983

Strongest gust

68.0 km/h

4 November 2020

Hottest feels-like

43.5 °C

23 April 2020

Coldest feels-like

5.0 °C

6 December 1945

Sunniest day

12.4 h

29 May 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.4 °C20 May 2025	13.5 °C18 January 2025	24.2 °C	1,522 mm	147
2024	40.3 °C26 March 2024	12.0 °C23 February 2024	24.9 °C	1,935 mm	193
2023	38.6 °C12 June 2023	12.1 °C15 January 2023	24.9 °C	1,417 mm	224
2022	38.1 °C6 April 2022	14.5 °C1 February 2022	23.9 °C	1,787 mm	141
2021	37.4 °C4 May 2021	13.9 °C4 February 2021	24.2 °C	1,370 mm	193
2020	39.3 °C24 April 2020	13.9 °C23 January 2020	24.4 °C	1,940 mm	210
2019	38.5 °C14 April 2019	12.3 °C28 December 2019	24.5 °C	1,252 mm	221
2018	35.6 °C30 May 2018	13.6 °C14 December 2018	23.4 °C	1,263 mm	143
2017	38.1 °C30 April 2017	12.1 °C25 January 2017	23.6 °C	1,851 mm	147
2016	37.4 °C30 April 2016	13.4 °C25 January 2016	23.8 °C	1,562 mm	155
2015	38.7 °C28 April 2015	13.6 °C11 February 2015	23.7 °C	1,540 mm	113
2014	36.3 °C28 April 2014	11.8 °C17 January 2014	23.2 °C	1,827 mm	111
2013	36.3 °C24 March 2013	12.2 °C4 March 2013	23.4 °C	1,767 mm	106
2012	35.7 °C9 May 2012	12.1 °C25 December 2012	23.1 °C	1,583 mm	93
2011	37.0 °C19 May 2011	12.4 °C23 March 2011	23.4 °C	1,839 mm	152
2010	36.4 °C25 April 2010	10.6 °C16 December 2010	23.2 °C	1,959 mm	157
2009	36.5 °C2 April 2009	11.1 °C3 March 2009	23.3 °C	1,390 mm	124
2008	36.8 °C15 May 2008	12.7 °C29 November 2008	22.8 °C	2,135 mm	102
2007	36.6 °C14 April 2007	11.7 °C21 February 2007	23.1 °C	1,488 mm	115
2006	34.8 °C18 April 2006	11.5 °C14 February 2006	22.9 °C	1,806 mm	85
2005	37.5 °C27 March 2005	10.2 °C24 November 2005	23.3 °C	1,935 mm	129
2004	35.6 °C12 April 2004	12.2 °C25 January 2004	22.7 °C	1,583 mm	69
2003	39.1 °C30 April 2003	11.9 °C8 December 2003	23.0 °C	1,705 mm	114
2002	35.2 °C2 May 2002	9.3 °C10 January 2002	22.9 °C	1,418 mm	65
2001	34.0 °C29 March 2001	10.6 °C24 January 2001	22.3 °C	1,652 mm	62
2000	35.6 °C24 April 2000	10.9 °C28 January 2000	22.2 °C	1,459 mm	41
1999	36.3 °C7 May 1999	10.3 °C29 December 1999	22.2 °C	2,052 mm	54
1998	38.8 °C8 April 1998	9.2 °C4 February 1998	23.7 °C	1,905 mm	126
1997	36.2 °C27 April 1997	12.0 °C16 December 1997	23.3 °C	1,575 mm	77
1996	33.3 °C13 April 1996	8.9 °C13 March 1996	22.4 °C	1,999 mm	43
1995	34.8 °C19 April 1995	12.1 °C1 January 1995	23.2 °C	1,906 mm	100
1994	35.8 °C28 March 1994	11.9 °C5 March 1994	23.1 °C	1,370 mm	110
1993	36.7 °C19 May 1993	10.9 °C20 March 1993	22.9 °C	1,749 mm	83
1992	35.6 °C3 April 1992	14.3 °C13 January 1992	22.9 °C	1,499 mm	85
1991	37.4 °C23 April 1991	12.5 °C13 February 1991	23.1 °C	1,545 mm	104
1990	34.9 °C21 May 1990	14.0 °C23 March 1990	22.8 °C	1,927 mm	59
1989	33.8 °C8 June 1989	11.1 °C25 February 1989	22.8 °C	1,698 mm	83
1988	37.4 °C20 May 1988	12.0 °C28 January 1988	23.0 °C	1,949 mm	106
1987	36.7 °C23 March 1987	10.9 °C7 January 1987	22.8 °C	1,444 mm	93
1986	35.4 °C12 May 1986	12.6 °C28 January 1986	22.4 °C	1,505 mm	60
1985	35.3 °C19 May 1985	11.7 °C28 January 1985	22.6 °C	1,553 mm	66
1984	37.1 °C11 April 1984	11.3 °C25 November 1984	22.6 °C	1,860 mm	63
1983	34.7 °C20 March 1983	13.8 °C21 March 1983	23.3 °C	1,680 mm	101
1982	33.7 °C6 April 1982	14.2 °C14 January 1982	22.9 °C	1,669 mm	71
1981	35.3 °C19 May 1981	9.3 °C1 January 1981	22.6 °C	2,012 mm	71
1980	35.1 °C2 April 1980	9.7 °C29 December 1980	22.8 °C	1,870 mm	63
1979	34.8 °C11 April 1979	12.9 °C20 December 1979	22.8 °C	2,279 mm	58
1978	36.1 °C2 May 1978	9.6 °C7 February 1978	22.5 °C	1,969 mm	53
1977	34.4 °C28 March 1977	11.1 °C24 January 1977	22.5 °C	1,705 mm	47
1976	33.7 °C7 April 1976	12.2 °C3 January 1976	21.9 °C	1,861 mm	31
1975	36.2 °C7 May 1975	10.0 °C23 December 1975	22.8 °C	1,626 mm	99
1974	36.4 °C12 May 1974	13.4 °C13 February 1974	22.4 °C	1,721 mm	68
1973	38.0 °C3 April 1973	10.6 °C18 December 1973	22.8 °C	1,899 mm	82
1972	35.5 °C30 March 1972	12.8 °C14 February 1972	22.7 °C	1,689 mm	53
1971	34.1 °C12 May 1971	12.5 °C15 February 1971	22.4 °C	1,598 mm	46
1970	35.8 °C30 April 1970	12.4 °C5 February 1970	22.3 °C	1,883 mm	63
1969	39.7 °C4 May 1969	13.8 °C16 January 1969	22.7 °C	2,106 mm	76
1968	33.9 °C6 May 1968	11.8 °C29 February 1968	22.0 °C	2,068 mm	42
1967	35.0 °C14 May 1967	11.3 °C18 March 1967	22.3 °C	1,836 mm	48
1966	31.9 °C20 April 1966	11.3 °C22 December 1966	21.9 °C	2,088 mm	24
1965	36.8 °C26 April 1965	12.6 °C9 January 1965	22.5 °C	1,608 mm	81
1964	38.5 °C3 May 1964	12.6 °C20 January 1964	22.6 °C	1,566 mm	63
1963	35.1 °C30 April 1963	9.7 °C6 February 1963	22.2 °C	1,664 mm	67
1962	35.2 °C11 March 1962	11.0 °C16 February 1962	21.8 °C	1,789 mm	45
1961	36.9 °C15 April 1961	12.0 °C26 December 1961	22.0 °C	1,765 mm	53
1960	34.7 °C2 April 1960	8.7 °C31 January 1960	21.7 °C	1,800 mm	50
1959	33.0 °C21 April 1959	11.5 °C10 February 1959	21.6 °C	1,797 mm	31
1958	35.0 °C10 May 1958	10.8 °C6 February 1958	22.3 °C	1,800 mm	51
1957	35.3 °C23 March 1957	10.4 °C11 December 1957	22.1 °C	1,759 mm	67
1956	36.0 °C10 April 1956	9.5 °C10 January 1956	21.3 °C	1,765 mm	37
1955	36.9 °C28 April 1955	12.5 °C9 January 1955	22.0 °C	1,524 mm	59
1954	33.4 °C13 March 1954	11.8 °C19 December 1954	21.7 °C	2,212 mm	18
1953	37.1 °C9 April 1953	9.8 °C11 January 1953	22.7 °C	2,048 mm	72
1952	35.6 °C15 March 1952	11.2 °C6 February 1952	22.3 °C	1,825 mm	60
1951	37.4 °C25 May 1951	10.1 °C12 January 1951	22.2 °C	1,600 mm	54
1950	32.8 °C2 May 1950	11.9 °C22 December 1950	21.3 °C	1,736 mm	33
1949	36.8 °C4 April 1949	13.0 °C16 February 1949	21.8 °C	1,355 mm	39
1948	35.5 °C1 April 1948	12.6 °C15 January 1948	21.9 °C	1,848 mm	24
1947	33.3 °C25 April 1947	9.9 °C16 February 1947	22.1 °C	1,610 mm	36
1946	33.2 °C19 May 1946	13.3 °C12 December 1946	21.7 °C	1,571 mm	44
1945	37.3 °C25 April 1945	6.9 °C6 December 1945	21.8 °C	1,932 mm	44
1944	34.4 °C16 April 1944	10.9 °C8 January 1944	21.5 °C	1,627 mm	48
1943	30.6 °C13 April 1943	9.8 °C20 December 1943	21.1 °C	1,719 mm	5
1942	32.1 °C15 May 1942	13.5 °C25 January 1942	21.4 °C	2,157 mm	18
1941	35.6 °C6 May 1941	9.8 °C13 February 1941	21.6 °C	1,538 mm	30
1940	34.3 °C18 April 1940	12.7 °C20 February 1940	21.8 °C	1,635 mm	54

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.1 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

147 d/yr

+66

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1522 mm

-215 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.1 °C	+1.1 °C	109 mm	+28 mm
Feb	27.2 °C	+1.7 °C	49 mm	-8 mm
Mar	29.8 °C	+1.4 °C	48 mm	-3 mm
Apr	29.8 °C	-0.8 °C	58 mm	-0 mm
May	34.4 °C	+3.5 °C	42 mm	-102 mm
Jun	31.1 °C	+1.7 °C	219 mm	-17 mm
Jul	30.0 °C	+1.8 °C	166 mm	-27 mm
Aug	30.9 °C	+2.5 °C	117 mm	-78 mm
Sep	30.7 °C	+2.1 °C	251 mm	-2 mm
Oct	28.4 °C	+1.7 °C	181 mm	-34 mm
Nov	25.8 °C	+1.0 °C	139 mm	-11 mm
Dec	25.5 °C	+1.6 °C	141 mm	+39 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.4 °C

20 May 2025

Coldest day

13.5 °C

18 Jan 2025

Wettest day

40.0 mm

11 Nov 2025

Windiest day

12.4 km/h

22 May 2025

Strongest gust

52.2 km/h

11 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.6 °C

20 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.0 °C

18 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

29 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Santa Bárbara?

Santa Bárbara has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.7 °C and it receives 1,736 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Bárbara?

The hottest day measured in Santa Bárbara between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2024, reaching 40.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Santa Bárbara?

The coldest day measured in Santa Bárbara between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1945, at 6.9 °C.

Does it snow in Santa Bárbara?

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

Has the climate of Santa Bárbara warmed?

Yes: Santa Bárbara warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Santa Bárbara?

The wettest day measured in Santa Bárbara between 1940 and 2025 was 26 October 1957, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Santa Bárbara?

The windiest day measured in Santa Bárbara between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1983, with winds reaching 17.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Santa Bárbara?

The warmest month in Santa Bárbara is May (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (20.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Santa Bárbara?

Santa Bárbara receives on average 1,736 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 236 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Santa Bárbara?

Santa Bárbara gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Santa Bárbara?

Yes: Santa Bárbara has on average 141 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Bárbara?

In Santa Bárbara, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.5 °C on 23 April 2020, and the lowest was 5.0 °C on 6 December 1945.

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