Azacualpa weather in May

In May, Azacualpa sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 160 mm of rain across 18.2 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Azacualpa's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Azacualpa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
20°
11th coldest
Rainfall
160 mm
18.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:28 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover
71%
6th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Azacualpa is human settlement in San Pedro Zacapa, Honduras.

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Azacualpa reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Azacualpa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 6 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
6
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Azacualpa weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 16°7615.811.26.1
Feb25° / 17°5110.811.56.7
Mar28° / 17°51911.96.6
Apr30° / 19°489.612.35.1
May30° / 20°16018.212.73.9
Jun29° / 20°21522.712.93.6
Jul28° / 20°14822.712.84.1
Aug28° / 20°18123.912.53.8
Sep29° / 20°24825.512.13.5
Oct27° / 19°20925.111.74.1
Nov25° / 18°12019.611.35.1
Dec24° / 17°851711.15.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24753
34555
44456
54357
64159
74159
83961
93862
103763
113565
123466
133268
143169
152971
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Azacualpa gets around 160 mm of rain over 18.2 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 59% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
141
243
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445
547
648
749
850
951
1052
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1962
2063
2164
2265
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2771
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3175

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 85% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1227674
2226684
3225694
4224704
5223705
6222715
7221725
8220726
9219736
10219736
11218737
12217747
13116758
14116749
15115759
161137610
171127611
181117711
191107712
20197713
21097714
22087715
23077716
24067618
25067519
26057520
27047422
28047323
29037225
30037126
31027127

Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:34 AM to 5:26 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:346:05
212.55:336:05
312.55:336:06
412.65:336:06
512.65:326:06
612.65:326:06
712.65:316:07
812.65:316:07
912.65:306:07
1012.65:306:07
1112.65:306:08
1212.65:296:08
1312.75:296:08
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1512.75:286:09
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.6 kWh/m² to a high of 6.19 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 5.72 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
26.1Intense
36.0Intense
46.0Intense
56.0Intense
66.0Intense
76.0Bright
86.0Bright
95.9Bright
105.9Bright
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305.5Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Azacualpa?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Azacualpa.

What to pack for Azacualpa in May

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

In May, Azacualpa sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Azacualpa in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Azacualpa peaks around March 24 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 highMar 24UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Azacualpa in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Azacualpa is worst in April — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.0× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateUnhealthyModerateGoodApr 1967 µg/m³Dec 1710 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb15Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr70Unhealthy
May53Poor
Jun22Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Azacualpa?

Azacualpa sits at 14.7°N, 88.1°W, 370 m above sea level, in Honduras. The nearest listed city is Santa Bárbara, 28 km away.

El RosarioLa IgualaSan José de ColinasSan Antonio de Cortés

Topography around Azacualpa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Azacualpa has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 675 m around an average of 441 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,600 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,793 m.

The land around Azacualpa is covered by trees (67%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, trees (75%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (76%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
675 m
16 km
1,600 m
80 km
2,793 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Santa Bárbara 28 km · Siguatepeque 31 km · San Francisco de Yojoa 36 km · Santa Cruz de Yojoa 37 km · El Rosario 42 km · La Iguala 42 km · San José de Colinas 43 km · San Antonio de Cortés 45 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 Azacualpa (14.7122°, -88.0901°, elevation 370 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).