Atima weather in January

In January, Atima sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 106 mm of rain across 16.4 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Atima's 4th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Atima's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
12th warmest
Overnight low
16°
1st coldest
Rainfall
106 mm
16.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
6:27 AM – 5:39 PM
Cloud cover
63%
4th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
3.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Atima is human settlement in Atima, Honduras.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical January day in Atima reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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42316
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Atima weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 16°10616.411.25.9
Feb25° / 16°671311.56.3
Mar27° / 17°6711.211.96.4
Apr29° / 19°7713.212.35.0
May30° / 20°18921.812.73.7
Jun29° / 20°24726.112.93.4
Jul28° / 20°19326.612.83.9
Aug28° / 19°21526.912.53.7
Sep28° / 19°27428.212.13.3
Oct27° / 19°23825.811.74.0
Nov24° / 18°17920.311.35.0
Dec24° / 17°11218.311.15.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13763
23862
33961
43862
53961
63961
73961
84159
94159
104159
114159
124258
134258
144357
154357
164357
174456
184456
194456
204555
214555
224555
234654
244753
254753
264951
274951
284951
295050
305050
315149

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Atima gets around 106 mm of rain over 16.4 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 52% and peaks near 55% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
155
255
355
455
555
655
755
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955
1054
1154
1254
1353
1453
1552
1652
1752
1852
1952
2051
2151
2251
2350
2450
2549
2649
2750
2850
2950
3051
3151

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 32% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1294940
22105039
32105038
42105038
52105038
62105137
72105236
83115036
93115135
103125134
113125233
123135232
133145231
142145331
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29195931
30185932
31185932

Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
25calm
35calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:23 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 5:31 PM to 5:47 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.16:235:31
211.16:245:32
311.16:245:32
411.16:245:33
511.16:255:33
611.16:255:34
711.26:255:34
811.26:255:35
911.26:265:35
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1311.26:275:38
1411.26:275:38
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1611.26:275:39
1711.26:275:40
1811.26:275:40
1911.26:275:41
2011.26:285:42
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2211.26:285:43
2311.36:285:43
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2711.36:285:45
2811.36:285:46
2911.36:285:46
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.39 kWh/m² to a high of 5.94 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 3.68 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.5Moderate
23.5Moderate
33.5Moderate
43.5Moderate
53.5Moderate
63.6Moderate
73.6Moderate
83.6Moderate
93.6Moderate
103.6Moderate
113.6Moderate
123.6Moderate
133.6Moderate
143.6Moderate
153.6Moderate
163.7Moderate
173.7Moderate
183.7Moderate
193.7Moderate
203.8Moderate
213.8Moderate
223.8Moderate
233.9Moderate
243.9Moderate
253.9Moderate
263.9Moderate
274.0Moderate
284.0Moderate
294.0Bright
304.0Bright
314.1Bright
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Atima?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.9
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Atima for sightseeing.

What to pack for Atima in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Atima sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 16°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 16 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Atima in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Atima peaks around April 9 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highApr 9UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Atima in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Atima is worst in April — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.7× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateGoodApr 2341 µg/m³Dec 199 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb11Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr41Poor
May40Poor
Jun21Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Atima?

Atima sits at 14.9°N, 88.5°W, 723 m above sea level, in Honduras. The nearest listed city is Lepaera, 20 km away.

GraciasMacuelizo

Topography around Atima

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Atima.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Atima has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 647 m around an average of 859 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,548 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,814 m.

The land around Atima is covered by trees (79%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (75%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (76%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
647 m
16 km
1,548 m
80 km
2,814 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Lepaera 20 km · San Luis 22 km · San José de Colinas 23 km · Santa Bárbara 27 km · La Iguala 35 km · Santa Rosa de Copán 35 km · Gracias 39 km · Macuelizo 43 km

Honduras travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 46% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,598
2025
Happiness
6.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
66%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
31.4
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
16.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 553
Religion
Evangelical 55%Roman Catholic 33%none 10%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Atima (14.9325°, -88.4896°, elevation 723 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).