Copán Ruinas weather in January

In January, Copán Ruinas sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 59 mm of rain across 15.4 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 Copán Ruinas's 4th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Copán Ruinas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
12th warmest
Overnight low
15°
1st coldest
Rainfall
59 mm
15.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
6:30 AM – 5:42 PM
Cloud cover
63%
4th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Copán Ruinas 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 23°C through the month.

A typical January day in Copán Ruinas reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Copán Ruinas weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 15°5915.411.25.9
Feb24° / 16°3810.911.56.7
Mar26° / 16°359.911.96.8
Apr28° / 18°4910.712.35.8
May29° / 19°1702012.74.3
Jun28° / 19°28826.112.93.7
Jul26° / 19°20726.112.84.1
Aug27° / 19°22726.112.54.0
Sep27° / 19°31027.312.13.7
Oct26° / 18°2002411.74.4
Nov24° / 17°9317.111.35.5
Dec23° / 16°5615.711.15.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23466
33565
43565
53664
63763
73763
83763
93862
103961
113862
124060
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144060
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224456
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274753
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294852
304852
314852

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Copán Ruinas gets around 59 mm of rain over 15.4 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 49% and peaks near 54% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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2146
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2645
2745
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3147

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 63% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 5% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
14236310
24236310
35236210
4523639
5523639
6523639
7623638
8624637
9625627
10725626
11726616
12726625
13827605
14827605
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16827614
17828604
18828604
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20728623
21728623
22628633
23628633
24527653
25526654
26525664
27424684
28423694
29422704
30321733
31320743

Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
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168calm
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278calm
288calm
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318calm

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 6:26 AM to 6:30 AM, and sunset from 5:34 PM to 5:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.16:265:34
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311.16:265:35
411.16:275:35
511.16:275:36
611.26:275:37
711.26:285:37
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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 4.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.95 kWh/m² to a high of 6.08 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 4.16 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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54.0Bright
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304.4Bright
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Copán Ruinas

In seasonPeak

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

Copán Ruinas's rainy season runs May–October, 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 Copán Ruinas?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Copán Ruinas for sightseeing.

What to pack for Copán Ruinas in January

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

In January, Copán Ruinas sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 15 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Copán Ruinas 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 Copán Ruinas peaks around April 11 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 11UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Copán Ruinas 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 Copán Ruinas is worst in April — around 42 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.0× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateGoodApr 2141 µg/m³Dec 2010 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb12Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr42Poor
May37Poor
Jun22Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Copán Ruinas?

Copán Ruinas sits at 14.8°N, 89.2°W, 0 m above sea level, in Honduras. The nearest listed city is Esquipulas, 37 km away.

GualánSan Pedro de CopánSanta Rosa de CopánChiquimulaZacapaCorquín

Topography around Copán Ruinas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Copán Ruinas has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 550 m around an average of 710 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,064 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,990 m.

The land around Copán Ruinas is covered by trees (67%) within 3 km, trees (80%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
550 m
16 km
1,064 m
80 km
2,990 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Esquipulas 37 km · Cucuyagua 37 km · Gualán 38 km · San Pedro de Copán 40 km · Santa Rosa de Copán 42 km · Chiquimula 42 km · Zacapa 42 km · Corquín 43 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 Copán Ruinas (14.8394°, -89.1558°, elevation 0 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).