Catacamas weather in January

In January, Catacamas sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 19 mm of rain across 6 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% 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 Catacamas's 3rd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Catacamas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
11th warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
19 mm
6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
6:17 AM – 5:29 PM
Cloud cover
50%
3rd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
4.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Catacamas is human settlement in 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 28°C through the month.

A typical January day in Catacamas reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 31°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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22818
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42818
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302918
312918

How January really feels in Catacamas

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

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Catacamas weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 10th-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 January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 35% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16634
26634
36634
46634
56634
66634
76733
86733
96733
106634
116733
126733
136733
146733
156733
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196832
206931
217030
227030
237030
247030
257129
267129
277228
287228
297228
307228
317228

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Catacamas gets around 19 mm of rain over 6 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 18% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
122
222
322
422
522
622
722
821
921
1021
1120
1220
1319
1419
1518
1618
1718
1818
1917
2017
2117
2216
2316
2416
2515
2615
2715
2814
2914
3014
3114

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 61% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 19% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
11135333
22135332
32135332
42145331
52145430
62145529
72155627
82155726
92165725
102165923
112175922
122176120
132186119
143186118
153196117
163196216
173196315
183206314
193206314
203206413
213206413
223206512
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Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 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
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
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217calm
227calm
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287calm
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307calm
317calm

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 6:13 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 5:21 PM to 5:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.16:135:21
211.16:135:21
311.16:135:22
411.16:145:22
511.16:145:23
611.26:145:24
711.26:155:24
811.26:155:25
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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 4.09 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 — January's 4.09 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.9Moderate
23.9Moderate
33.9Moderate
43.9Moderate
53.9Moderate
63.9Moderate
73.9Moderate
84.0Moderate
94.0Moderate
104.0Moderate
114.0Moderate
124.0Bright
134.0Bright
144.0Bright
154.0Bright
164.1Bright
174.1Bright
184.1Bright
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204.2Bright
214.2Bright
224.2Bright
234.2Bright
244.3Bright
254.3Bright
264.3Bright
274.3Bright
284.4Bright
294.4Bright
304.4Bright
314.4Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Catacamas

In seasonPeak

None of Catacamas's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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 January a good time to visit Catacamas?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Catacamas for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Catacamas in January

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

In January, Catacamas sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. About 6 days see rain.

light clothes

UV index in Catacamas 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 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 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 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
January 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).