Catacamas weather in May

In May, Catacamas sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 100 mm of rain across 14.9 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. 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 Catacamas's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Catacamas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
22°
12th coldest
Rainfall
100 mm
14.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:19 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover
68%
9th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Catacamas is human settlement in Honduras.

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical May day in Catacamas reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Catacamas

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May 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 May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Catacamas weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-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 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 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
25149
34951
44852
54753
64753
74555
84456
94357
104258
114159
123961
133961
143664
153565
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212773
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312476

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Catacamas gets around 100 mm of rain over 14.9 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 48% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
128
229
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431
532
633
734
835
936
1037
1139
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1342
1444
1546
1648
1750
1852
1954
2056
2158
2259
2361
2462
2563
2665
2766
2867
2967
3068
3169

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 55% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 74% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1839476
2838496
3737506
4735526
5734536
6733546
7732556
8731566
9731566
10730567
11729577
12627598
136265810
146255811
155235913
165225914
175205916
184195918
194185820
203175822
213165724
223145627
232135629
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251115533
261105435
27195337
28195238
29085240
30075241
31075142

Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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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67calm
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137calm
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316calm

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 5:25 AM to 5:17 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 6:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:255:57
212.55:255:57
312.55:245:57
412.65:245:57
512.65:235:57
612.65:235:58
712.65:225:58
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1012.65:215:59
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1212.65:205:59
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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 5.71 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 — May's 5.71 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
26.1Intense
36.1Intense
46.0Intense
56.0Intense
66.0Intense
76.0Bright
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96.0Bright
105.9Bright
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275.4Bright
285.4Bright
295.4Bright
305.3Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Catacamas

In seasonPeak

In May, 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 May a good time to visit Catacamas?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Catacamas.

What to pack for Catacamas in May

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

In May, Catacamas sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Catacamas in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May 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 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 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
May 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).