Catacamas weather in August

In August, Catacamas sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 74 mm of rain across 17.8 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Catacamas's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Catacamas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
5th warmest
Overnight low
21°
10th coldest
Rainfall
74 mm
17.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:33 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover
66%
7th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Catacamas is human settlement in Honduras.

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Catacamas reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Catacamas

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Catacamas weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 18°19611.26.5
Feb30° / 18°103.611.55.9
Mar32° / 19°133.411.95.0
Apr33° / 21°24512.33.8
May33° / 22°10014.912.73.2
Jun31° / 21°11021.212.93.3
Jul30° / 21°7717.212.83.9
Aug31° / 21°7417.812.53.6
Sep32° / 21°10918.812.13.2
Oct30° / 20°14218.511.74.0
Nov29° / 19°6510.411.35.5
Dec28° / 19°23611.16.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24258
34258
44159
54060
64060
74060
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114159
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144258
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274258
284159
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313961

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Catacamas gets around 74 mm of rain over 17.8 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 56% and peaks near 58% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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2157
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2756
2856
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3056
3156

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 81% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 96% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
148412
248313
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448214
538314
638314
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838215
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1038215
1148115
1248214
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3047719
3147719

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
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67calm
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137calm
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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 5:30 AM to 5:34 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 5:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.75:306:10
212.75:306:09
312.65:306:09
412.65:306:09
512.65:316:08
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712.65:316:07
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.9 kWh/m² to a high of 6.17 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.57 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Catacamas

In seasonPeak

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

Catacamas's rainy season runs May–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Catacamas?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Catacamas.

What to pack for Catacamas in August

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

In August, Catacamas sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Catacamas 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 Catacamas peaks around April 10 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 10UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Catacamas 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 Catacamas is worst in April — around 79 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 14.9× the cleanest month (December, 5 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateUnhealthyModerateGoodApr 1873 µg/m³Dec 205 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb7Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr79Unhealthy
May39Poor
Jun21Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov6Good
Dec5Good
Location & terrain

Where is Catacamas?

Catacamas sits at 14.9°N, 85.9°W, 449 m above sea level, in Honduras. The nearest listed city is Gualaco, 27 km away.

JuticalpaDulce Nombre de CulmíSabáTocoaSonagueraOlanchitoJalapa

Topography around Catacamas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Catacamas has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 550 m around an average of 500 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,049 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,245 m.

The land around Catacamas is covered by trees (41%), grassland (25%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and grassland (41%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
550 m
16 km
2,049 m
80 km
2,245 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Gualaco 27 km · Juticalpa 41 km · Dulce Nombre de Culmí 48 km · Sabá 78 km · Tocoa 93 km · Sonaguera 99 km · Olanchito 101 km · Jalapa 106 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 Catacamas (14.8511°, -85.8941°, elevation 449 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).