Santa Rosa de Copán climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Santa Rosa de Copán?

Santa Rosa de Copán has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,418 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Rosa de Copán?

The hottest day measured in Santa Rosa de Copán between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 2024, reaching 36.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Santa Rosa de Copán?

The coldest day measured in Santa Rosa de Copán between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1945, at 4.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Santa Rosa de Copán?

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

Q: Has the climate of Santa Rosa de Copán warmed?

Yes: Santa Rosa de Copán warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Santa Rosa de Copán?

The wettest day measured in Santa Rosa de Copán between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 1974, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Santa Rosa de Copán?

The windiest day measured in Santa Rosa de Copán between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1983, with winds reaching 23.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Santa Rosa de Copán?

The warmest month in Santa Rosa de Copán is May (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (17.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Santa Rosa de Copán?

Santa Rosa de Copán receives on average 1,418 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 212 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Santa Rosa de Copán?

Santa Rosa de Copán gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,418 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 (22.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (17.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Santa Rosa de Copán averages 0 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 212 rainy days per year.

Santa Rosa de Copán has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.6 °C (on 12 May 2024) and the coldest 4.5 °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 Rosa de CopánCopán Department

coords: 14.77°, -88.78°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthMarch

Mean daily temperature

20.4°C

Average daily high

25.5°C

Average daily low

16.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,418mm

Sunshine / day

9.6h

Mean relative humidity

84%

Average peak wind

9.2km/h

Seasonal range

4.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

26 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

212 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.9 °C

Average feels-like low

18.3 °C

Average peak gust

31.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

6 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.74 · 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

36.6 °C

12 May 2024

Coldest day

4.5 °C

6 December 1945

Wettest day

138 mm

17 June 1974

Windiest day

23.2 km/h

16 March 1983

Strongest gust

80.3 km/h

16 March 1983

Hottest feels-like

40.1 °C

30 April 2017

Coldest feels-like

2.3 °C

6 December 1945

Sunniest day

12.4 h

31 May 1967

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.5 °C20 May 2025	10.1 °C18 January 2025	21.9 °C	1,317 mm	57
2024	36.6 °C12 May 2024	9.2 °C23 February 2024	22.6 °C	1,286 mm	118
2023	35.1 °C4 June 2023	9.3 °C16 January 2023	22.3 °C	1,113 mm	105
2022	34.4 °C6 April 2022	11.2 °C1 February 2022	21.4 °C	1,641 mm	45
2021	33.9 °C11 April 2021	10.5 °C3 February 2021	21.6 °C	1,217 mm	64
2020	36.1 °C10 April 2020	10.1 °C23 January 2020	21.8 °C	1,766 mm	73
2019	36.4 °C14 April 2019	9.7 °C28 December 2019	22.0 °C	1,048 mm	113
2018	32.2 °C30 May 2018	10.1 °C14 January 2018	21.2 °C	980 mm	42
2017	36.0 °C27 April 2017	9.1 °C25 January 2017	21.3 °C	1,733 mm	45
2016	35.2 °C1 May 2016	9.1 °C25 January 2016	21.5 °C	1,198 mm	57
2015	35.7 °C28 April 2015	11.0 °C17 February 2015	21.6 °C	1,121 mm	44
2014	33.1 °C28 April 2014	9.3 °C17 January 2014	21.0 °C	1,444 mm	21
2013	33.8 °C24 March 2013	9.5 °C4 March 2013	21.3 °C	1,351 mm	41
2012	33.0 °C3 April 2012	9.1 °C25 December 2012	20.8 °C	1,281 mm	27
2011	33.3 °C29 March 2011	10.4 °C8 January 2011	21.1 °C	1,710 mm	43
2010	35.7 °C12 March 2010	6.6 °C16 December 2010	21.0 °C	1,588 mm	55
2009	35.0 °C4 April 2009	9.7 °C3 March 2009	20.9 °C	1,113 mm	28
2008	34.2 °C15 May 2008	9.1 °C14 December 2008	20.5 °C	1,913 mm	35
2007	33.1 °C18 April 2007	9.7 °C5 December 2007	20.7 °C	1,159 mm	35
2006	32.3 °C18 April 2006	9.6 °C23 November 2006	20.6 °C	1,526 mm	12
2005	32.6 °C27 March 2005	6.9 °C24 November 2005	20.9 °C	1,608 mm	47
2004	33.0 °C10 April 2004	9.2 °C25 January 2004	20.5 °C	1,164 mm	11
2003	36.0 °C2 May 2003	8.9 °C20 December 2003	20.7 °C	1,364 mm	36
2002	31.9 °C2 May 2002	7.1 °C10 January 2002	20.6 °C	1,076 mm	8
2001	32.2 °C31 March 2001	8.5 °C24 January 2001	20.1 °C	1,230 mm	7
2000	32.2 °C24 April 2000	7.7 °C28 January 2000	19.9 °C	1,504 mm	6
1999	33.3 °C15 April 1999	6.8 °C30 December 1999	20.0 °C	1,681 mm	18
1998	34.7 °C8 April 1998	7.5 °C4 February 1998	21.4 °C	1,567 mm	57
1997	33.6 °C2 May 1997	7.8 °C16 December 1997	21.0 °C	1,265 mm	24
1996	31.3 °C13 April 1996	6.2 °C13 March 1996	20.2 °C	1,567 mm	6
1995	32.4 °C26 March 1995	9.7 °C1 January 1995	21.0 °C	1,678 mm	26
1994	31.9 °C28 March 1994	9.4 °C5 March 1994	20.7 °C	1,004 mm	13
1993	33.9 °C19 May 1993	8.7 °C21 December 1993	20.7 °C	1,402 mm	30
1992	32.5 °C3 April 1992	12.2 °C19 December 1992	20.6 °C	1,319 mm	15
1991	33.3 °C23 April 1991	9.8 °C5 March 1991	20.9 °C	1,089 mm	38
1990	31.0 °C5 April 1990	11.8 °C10 December 1990	20.5 °C	1,204 mm	13
1989	31.8 °C29 March 1989	8.0 °C27 December 1989	20.3 °C	1,411 mm	10
1988	33.7 °C20 May 1988	9.6 °C28 January 1988	20.7 °C	1,639 mm	30
1987	34.5 °C25 March 1987	8.9 °C7 January 1987	20.6 °C	1,129 mm	33
1986	32.2 °C11 May 1986	8.1 °C28 January 1986	20.2 °C	1,172 mm	26
1985	33.6 °C19 May 1985	9.2 °C28 January 1985	20.4 °C	1,231 mm	18
1984	34.3 °C11 April 1984	8.1 °C25 November 1984	20.4 °C	1,694 mm	26
1983	32.6 °C23 March 1983	10.9 °C21 March 1983	21.1 °C	1,500 mm	43
1982	32.0 °C28 April 1982	10.5 °C22 December 1982	20.9 °C	1,144 mm	33
1981	32.1 °C30 March 1981	7.7 °C1 January 1981	20.4 °C	1,578 mm	14
1980	32.1 °C29 March 1980	6.9 °C29 December 1980	20.6 °C	1,396 mm	29
1979	34.2 °C12 April 1979	10.4 °C4 January 1979	20.6 °C	1,551 mm	14
1978	33.6 °C6 May 1978	5.7 °C7 February 1978	20.5 °C	1,433 mm	26
1977	32.0 °C28 March 1977	8.4 °C3 January 1977	20.2 °C	1,378 mm	10
1976	30.2 °C30 March 1976	8.8 °C19 January 1976	19.7 °C	1,628 mm	1
1975	33.4 °C12 May 1975	6.8 °C23 December 1975	20.3 °C	1,427 mm	28
1974	33.6 °C12 May 1974	11.0 °C14 November 1974	20.0 °C	1,596 mm	23
1973	34.7 °C31 March 1973	8.3 °C19 December 1973	20.6 °C	1,497 mm	34
1972	32.1 °C31 March 1972	10.4 °C14 February 1972	20.5 °C	1,182 mm	10
1971	33.0 °C25 April 1971	9.9 °C15 February 1971	20.1 °C	1,426 mm	19
1970	32.9 °C30 April 1970	8.9 °C5 February 1970	20.0 °C	1,656 mm	23
1969	34.0 °C7 May 1969	11.6 °C15 December 1969	20.6 °C	1,886 mm	31
1968	31.3 °C5 May 1968	8.1 °C25 March 1968	19.8 °C	1,706 mm	5
1967	30.8 °C31 May 1967	7.3 °C18 March 1967	19.9 °C	1,258 mm	4
1966	31.6 °C4 April 1966	9.0 °C22 December 1966	19.8 °C	1,680 mm	3
1965	32.9 °C11 April 1965	9.8 °C19 January 1965	20.2 °C	1,289 mm	21
1964	34.8 °C4 May 1964	10.4 °C1 January 1964	20.3 °C	1,259 mm	28
1963	31.9 °C30 April 1963	7.9 °C7 February 1963	20.0 °C	1,185 mm	16
1962	32.4 °C12 March 1962	8.9 °C15 February 1962	19.6 °C	1,519 mm	12
1961	33.8 °C15 April 1961	11.0 °C26 December 1961	19.7 °C	1,335 mm	12
1960	33.0 °C28 April 1960	6.6 °C1 February 1960	19.6 °C	1,499 mm	23
1959	31.7 °C20 April 1959	9.7 °C30 November 1959	19.6 °C	1,425 mm	4
1958	33.3 °C6 April 1958	8.6 °C12 January 1958	20.2 °C	1,420 mm	20
1957	32.2 °C22 March 1957	8.2 °C11 December 1957	19.9 °C	1,476 mm	17
1956	32.8 °C9 April 1956	6.6 °C15 January 1956	19.2 °C	1,596 mm	10
1955	33.9 °C26 April 1955	9.4 °C6 May 1955	19.7 °C	1,425 mm	28
1954	30.9 °C13 March 1954	9.1 °C20 December 1954	19.5 °C	2,057 mm	2
1953	33.1 °C9 April 1953	8.2 °C11 January 1953	20.3 °C	1,627 mm	30
1952	32.9 °C15 March 1952	8.1 °C28 February 1952	20.1 °C	1,597 mm	23
1951	32.5 °C1 May 1951	8.0 °C12 January 1951	19.9 °C	1,339 mm	20
1950	30.3 °C19 May 1950	10.0 °C29 November 1950	19.0 °C	1,467 mm	2
1949	32.1 °C5 April 1949	10.7 °C2 January 1949	19.5 °C	1,242 mm	13
1948	31.9 °C1 April 1948	9.8 °C15 January 1948	19.8 °C	1,645 mm	7
1947	30.7 °C3 April 1947	8.5 °C16 February 1947	20.0 °C	1,553 mm	6
1946	31.2 °C26 March 1946	10.0 °C15 December 1946	19.6 °C	1,076 mm	7
1945	32.5 °C25 April 1945	4.5 °C6 December 1945	19.5 °C	1,554 mm	10
1944	32.5 °C17 April 1944	8.3 °C8 January 1944	19.3 °C	1,516 mm	14
1943	29.5 °C13 April 1943	8.1 °C22 December 1943	18.9 °C	1,380 mm	0
1942	30.6 °C26 March 1942	11.1 °C25 January 1942	19.3 °C	1,622 mm	2
1941	33.6 °C6 April 1941	6.9 °C13 February 1941	19.6 °C	1,085 mm	18
1940	31.1 °C17 April 1940	9.1 °C19 February 1940	19.6 °C	1,330 mm	8

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.0 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

57 d/yr

+31

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1317 mm

-101 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	23.4 °C	+1.0 °C	75 mm	+20 mm
Feb	25.5 °C	+1.5 °C	31 mm	-6 mm
Mar	28.2 °C	+1.7 °C	26 mm	-6 mm
Apr	27.6 °C	-0.7 °C	43 mm	+0 mm
May	31.9 °C	+3.6 °C	35 mm	-96 mm
Jun	28.3 °C	+1.3 °C	292 mm	+60 mm
Jul	27.6 °C	+1.5 °C	123 mm	-22 mm
Aug	28.5 °C	+2.1 °C	93 mm	-58 mm
Sep	28.5 °C	+2.0 °C	257 mm	+16 mm
Oct	26.4 °C	+1.6 °C	141 mm	-38 mm
Nov	23.9 °C	+0.8 °C	88 mm	-15 mm
Dec	23.8 °C	+1.6 °C	114 mm	+43 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.5 °C

20 May 2025

Coldest day

10.1 °C

18 Jan 2025

Wettest day

33.3 mm

15 Dec 2025

Windiest day

14.5 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

51.5 km/h

11 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.1 °C

20 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

9.8 °C

18 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.3 h

29 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Santa Rosa de Copán?

Santa Rosa de Copán has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,418 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Rosa de Copán?

The hottest day measured in Santa Rosa de Copán between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 2024, reaching 36.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Santa Rosa de Copán?

The coldest day measured in Santa Rosa de Copán between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1945, at 4.5 °C.

Does it snow in Santa Rosa de Copán?

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

Has the climate of Santa Rosa de Copán warmed?

Yes: Santa Rosa de Copán warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Santa Rosa de Copán?

The wettest day measured in Santa Rosa de Copán between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 1974, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Santa Rosa de Copán?

The windiest day measured in Santa Rosa de Copán between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1983, with winds reaching 23.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Santa Rosa de Copán?

The warmest month in Santa Rosa de Copán is May (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (17.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Santa Rosa de Copán?

Santa Rosa de Copán receives on average 1,418 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 212 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Santa Rosa de Copán?

Santa Rosa de Copán gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Santa Rosa de Copán?

Yes: Santa Rosa de Copán has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Rosa de Copán?

In Santa Rosa de Copán, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 30 April 2017, and the lowest was 2.3 °C on 6 December 1945.

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