Dulce Nombre de Culmí weather in August

In August, Dulce Nombre de Culmí sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 130 mm of rain across 24.5 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 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 Dulce Nombre de Culmí's 7th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dulce Nombre de Culmí's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 130 mm; 24.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 5:31 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 7th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.53 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

Dulce Nombre de Culmí 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 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Dulce Nombre de Culmí reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 30°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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

How August really feels in Dulce Nombre de Culmí

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Dulce Nombre de Culmí 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 17°	45	13.3	11.2	6.4
Feb	27° / 18°	29	9.9	11.5	6.6
Mar	29° / 18°	30	8.8	11.9	5.9
Apr	31° / 19°	42	9.9	12.3	4.7
May	30° / 21°	144	19.5	12.7	3.7
Jun	29° / 21°	182	25.9	12.9	3.4
Jul	28° / 20°	143	25.4	12.8	3.9
Aug	29° / 20°	130	24.5	12.5	3.8
Sep	29° / 20°	151	24.2	12.1	3.5
Oct	28° / 20°	189	23.7	11.7	4.1
Nov	27° / 19°	104	16.3	11.3	5.5
Dec	26° / 18°	50	13.8	11.1	6.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

	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 (%)	40	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	38	37	37	36	35	34	34
Cloudier (%)	60	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	61	62	63	63	64	65	66	66

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	39	61
25	38	62
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	36	64
29	35	65
30	34	66
31	34	66

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Dulce Nombre de Culmí gets around 130 mm of rain over 24.5 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 80% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	79	79	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	80
3	80
4	80
5	80
6	80
7	80
8	80
9	80
10	80
11	79
12	79
13	79
14	79
15	79
16	78
17	78
18	78
19	78
20	78
21	78
22	78
23	78
24	78
25	78
26	79
27	79
28	79
29	79
30	79
31	79

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 67% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% 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
Muggy (%)	68	68	68	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	68	68	67	67	66	66	65	64
Oppressive (%)	32	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	36

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	65	35
31	64	36

Wind in August

Winds average 6 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	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
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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 5:28 AM to 5:33 AM, and sunset from 6:09 PM to 5:51 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	12.7	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	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33
Sunset (PM)	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.7	5:28	6:09
2	12.7	5:28	6:08
3	12.7	5:28	6:08
4	12.6	5:29	6:07
5	12.6	5:29	6:07
6	12.6	5:29	6:07
7	12.6	5:29	6:06
8	12.6	5:29	6:06
9	12.6	5:30	6:05
10	12.6	5:30	6:05
11	12.6	5:30	6:04
12	12.6	5:30	6:04
13	12.5	5:30	6:03
14	12.5	5:31	6:03
15	12.5	5:31	6:02
16	12.5	5:31	6:01
17	12.5	5:31	6:01
18	12.5	5:31	6:00
19	12.5	5:31	6:00
20	12.5	5:32	5:59
21	12.4	5:32	5:58
22	12.4	5:32	5:58
23	12.4	5:32	5:57
24	12.4	5:32	5:56
25	12.4	5:32	5:56
26	12.4	5:32	5:55
27	12.4	5:32	5:54
28	12.4	5:33	5:54
29	12.3	5:33	5:53
30	12.3	5:33	5:52
31	12.3	5:33	5:51

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.93 kWh/m² to a high of 6.06 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.53 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7
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	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
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10	5.5	Bright
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20	5.5	Bright
21	5.6	Bright
22	5.6	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Dulce Nombre de Culmí?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dulce Nombre de Culmí.

What to pack for Dulce Nombre de Culmí in August

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

In August, Dulce Nombre de Culmí sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Dulce Nombre de Culmí 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 Dulce Nombre de Culmí peaks around April 9 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (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	12	14	14	12	13	12	13	13	12	10	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Dulce Nombre de Culmí 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 Dulce Nombre de Culmí is worst in April — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 9.4× the cleanest month (December, 6 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)	6	8	13	57	44	24	28	21	14	11	7	6
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	6	Good
Feb	8	Good
Mar	13	Moderate
Apr	57	Unhealthy
May	44	Poor
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	28	Moderate
Aug	21	Moderate
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	11	Good
Nov	7	Good
Dec	6	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Dulce Nombre de Culmí?

Dulce Nombre de Culmí sits at 15.1°N, 85.5°W, 526 m above sea level, in Honduras. The nearest listed city is Catacamas, 48 km away.

Topography around Dulce Nombre de Culmí

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Dulce Nombre de Culmí.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dulce Nombre de Culmí has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m around an average of 524 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,525 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,319 m.

The land around Dulce Nombre de Culmí is covered by grassland (81%) within 3 km, trees (56%) and grassland (44%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

111 m

grassland 81%

16 km

1,525 m

trees 56%

80 km

2,319 m

trees 69%

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← July Dulce Nombre de Culmí year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Catacamas 48 km · Gualaco 58 km · Tocoa 82 km · Sabá 87 km · Juticalpa 88 km · Sonaguera 104 km · Iriona 107 km · Olanchito 119 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 Dulce Nombre de Culmí (15.1°, -85.5333°, elevation 526 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	28	20
2	28	20
3	28	20
4	28	20
5	28	20
6	28	20
7	28	20
8	28	20
9	28	20
10	28	20
11	28	20
12	28	20
13	28	20
14	29	20
15	29	20
16	29	20
17	29	20
18	29	20
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	29	20
22	29	20
23	29	20
24	29	20
25	29	20
26	29	20
27	29	20
28	29	20
29	29	20
30	29	20
31	29	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	39	61
25	38	62
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	36	64
29	35	65
30	34	66
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	80
3	80
4	80
5	80
6	80
7	80
8	80
9	80
10	80
11	79
12	79
13	79
14	79
15	79
16	78
17	78
18	78
19	78
20	78
21	78
22	78
23	78
24	78
25	78
26	79
27	79
28	79
29	79
30	79
31	79

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	65	35
31	64	36

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	39	61
25	38	62
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	36	64
29	35	65
30	34	66
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	80
3	80
4	80
5	80
6	80
7	80
8	80
9	80
10	80
11	79
12	79
13	79
14	79
15	79
16	78
17	78
18	78
19	78
20	78
21	78
22	78
23	78
24	78
25	78
26	79
27	79
28	79
29	79
30	79
31	79

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	65	35
31	64	36

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	39	61
25	38	62
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	36	64
29	35	65
30	34	66
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	80
3	80
4	80
5	80
6	80
7	80
8	80
9	80
10	80
11	79
12	79
13	79
14	79
15	79
16	78
17	78
18	78
19	78
20	78
21	78
22	78
23	78
24	78
25	78
26	79
27	79
28	79
29	79
30	79
31	79

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	65	35
31	64	36