Belén Gualcho weather in August

In August, Belén Gualcho sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 238 mm of rain across 24.4 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Belén Gualcho's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Belén Gualcho's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 238 mm; 24.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 5:45 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover: 78%; 9th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.42 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

Belén Gualcho is human settlement in Honduras.

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical August day in Belén Gualcho reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	17
2	25	17
3	25	17
4	25	17
5	25	17
6	25	17
7	25	17
8	25	17
9	25	17
10	25	17
11	25	17
12	25	17
13	25	17
14	25	17
15	25	17
16	25	17
17	25	17
18	25	17
19	25	17
20	25	17
21	26	17
22	26	17
23	26	17
24	26	17
25	26	17
26	26	17
27	26	17
28	26	17
29	26	17
30	26	17
31	26	17

Belén Gualcho weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 13°	16	5	11.2	7.5
Feb	24° / 14°	12	3.5	11.5	8.0
Mar	26° / 14°	25	5.3	11.9	7.5
Apr	27° / 16°	65	10	12.3	6.4
May	27° / 17°	215	20.9	12.7	4.7
Jun	26° / 17°	307	25.3	12.8	4.1
Jul	25° / 17°	197	21.1	12.8	4.9
Aug	25° / 17°	238	24.4	12.5	4.4
Sep	25° / 17°	311	26.8	12.1	3.9
Oct	24° / 16°	211	21.6	11.7	4.8
Nov	23° / 15°	57	11.1	11.3	6.3
Dec	22° / 14°	24	6.4	11.2	7.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	24	24	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	18	18	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15
Cloudier (%)	76	76	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	82	82	82	83	82	82	83	83	83	84	85	85	85	85	85

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	17	83
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	16	84
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	15	85

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Belén Gualcho gets around 238 mm of rain over 24.4 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 79% and peaks near 85% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	72	73	73	74	75	75	75	76	76	77	77	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	81	81	82	82	83	83	84	84	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	73
3	73
4	74
5	75
6	75
7	75
8	76
9	76
10	77
11	77
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	79
16	79
17	79
18	79
19	80
20	80
21	80
22	80
23	81
24	81
25	82
26	82
27	83
28	83
29	84
30	84
31	85

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 85% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 15% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Humid (%)	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	86	85	84	84	83	82	82	81	81	81	81	81
Muggy (%)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	87	13
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	86	14
21	85	15
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	83	17
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
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10	6	calm
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29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:42 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:04 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46
Sunset (PM)	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.7	5:42	6:21
2	12.6	5:42	6:20
3	12.6	5:42	6:20
4	12.6	5:42	6:20
5	12.6	5:43	6:19
6	12.6	5:43	6:19
7	12.6	5:43	6:18
8	12.6	5:43	6:18
9	12.6	5:43	6:18
10	12.6	5:44	6:17
11	12.5	5:44	6:17
12	12.5	5:44	6:16
13	12.5	5:44	6:16
14	12.5	5:44	6:15
15	12.5	5:45	6:14
16	12.5	5:45	6:14
17	12.5	5:45	6:13
18	12.5	5:45	6:13
19	12.5	5:45	6:12
20	12.4	5:45	6:12
21	12.4	5:45	6:11
22	12.4	5:45	6:10
23	12.4	5:46	6:10
24	12.4	5:46	6:09
25	12.4	5:46	6:08
26	12.4	5:46	6:08
27	12.3	5:46	6:07
28	12.3	5:46	6:06
29	12.3	5:46	6:06
30	12.3	5:46	6:05
31	12.3	5:46	6:04

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.26 kWh/m² to a high of 6.02 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.42 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Belén Gualcho

In seasonPeak

In August, Belén Gualcho sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Belén Gualcho's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Oct

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Dec

Is August a good time to visit Belén Gualcho?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

4.1

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Belén Gualcho for sightseeing.

What to pack for Belén Gualcho in August

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

In August, Belén Gualcho sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

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UV index in Belén Gualcho in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Belén Gualcho peaks around April 12 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Belén Gualcho in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Belén Gualcho is worst in April — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.1× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	8	9	14	29	27	17	20	16	13	11	8	7
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	8	Good
Feb	9	Good
Mar	14	Moderate
Apr	29	Moderate
May	27	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	11	Good
Nov	8	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Belén Gualcho?

Belén Gualcho sits at 14.5°N, 88.8°W, 1,783 m above sea level, in Honduras. The nearest listed city is Corquín, 12 km away.

Topography around Belén Gualcho

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Belén Gualcho has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 846 m around an average of 1,831 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,076 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,769 m.

The land around Belén Gualcho is covered by trees (77%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (78%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

846 m

trees 77%

16 km

2,076 m

trees 78%

80 km

2,769 m

trees 73%

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← July Belén Gualcho year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Corquín 12 km · San Pedro de Copán 16 km · Cucuyagua 20 km · Gracias 26 km · Santa Rosa de Copán 32 km · La Iguala 39 km · Lepaera 40 km · Erandique 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

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 Belén Gualcho (14.4833°, -88.8°, elevation 1,783 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	17
2	25	17
3	25	17
4	25	17
5	25	17
6	25	17
7	25	17
8	25	17
9	25	17
10	25	17
11	25	17
12	25	17
13	25	17
14	25	17
15	25	17
16	25	17
17	25	17
18	25	17
19	25	17
20	25	17
21	26	17
22	26	17
23	26	17
24	26	17
25	26	17
26	26	17
27	26	17
28	26	17
29	26	17
30	26	17
31	26	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	17	83
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	16	84
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	15	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	73
3	73
4	74
5	75
6	75
7	75
8	76
9	76
10	77
11	77
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	79
16	79
17	79
18	79
19	80
20	80
21	80
22	80
23	81
24	81
25	82
26	82
27	83
28	83
29	84
30	84
31	85

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	87	13
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	86	14
21	85	15
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	83	17
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	17
2	25	17
3	25	17
4	25	17
5	25	17
6	25	17
7	25	17
8	25	17
9	25	17
10	25	17
11	25	17
12	25	17
13	25	17
14	25	17
15	25	17
16	25	17
17	25	17
18	25	17
19	25	17
20	25	17
21	26	17
22	26	17
23	26	17
24	26	17
25	26	17
26	26	17
27	26	17
28	26	17
29	26	17
30	26	17
31	26	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	17	83
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	16	84
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	15	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	73
3	73
4	74
5	75
6	75
7	75
8	76
9	76
10	77
11	77
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	79
16	79
17	79
18	79
19	80
20	80
21	80
22	80
23	81
24	81
25	82
26	82
27	83
28	83
29	84
30	84
31	85

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	87	13
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	86	14
21	85	15
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	83	17
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	17
2	25	17
3	25	17
4	25	17
5	25	17
6	25	17
7	25	17
8	25	17
9	25	17
10	25	17
11	25	17
12	25	17
13	25	17
14	25	17
15	25	17
16	25	17
17	25	17
18	25	17
19	25	17
20	25	17
21	26	17
22	26	17
23	26	17
24	26	17
25	26	17
26	26	17
27	26	17
28	26	17
29	26	17
30	26	17
31	26	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	17	83
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	16	84
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	15	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	73
3	73
4	74
5	75
6	75
7	75
8	76
9	76
10	77
11	77
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	79
16	79
17	79
18	79
19	80
20	80
21	80
22	80
23	81
24	81
25	82
26	82
27	83
28	83
29	84
30	84
31	85

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	87	13
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	86	14
21	85	15
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	83	17
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19