Lepaera weather in August

In August, Lepaera sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 186 mm of rain across 23.5 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% 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 Lepaera's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lepaera's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 186 mm; 23.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 5:44 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover: 74%; 8th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.45 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Lepaera 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 27°C through the month.

A typical August day in Lepaera reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

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

Lepaera weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 15°	77	14.1	11.2	6.2
Feb	24° / 15°	47	9.2	11.5	7.1
Mar	27° / 16°	40	7.7	11.9	7.2
Apr	29° / 17°	47	8.4	12.3	5.8
May	29° / 18°	155	18.5	12.7	4.3
Jun	28° / 19°	245	24	12.9	4.0
Jul	27° / 18°	151	21.6	12.8	4.7
Aug	27° / 18°	186	23.5	12.5	4.3
Sep	27° / 18°	268	26.7	12.1	3.8
Oct	26° / 18°	209	24.1	11.7	4.4
Nov	24° / 16°	123	18.5	11.3	5.3
Dec	23° / 15°	81	15.7	11.1	5.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%.

	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 (%)	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	21
Cloudier (%)	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	75	74	74	75	75	76	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	79

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	21	79

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Lepaera gets around 186 mm of rain over 23.5 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 77% and peaks near 83% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	71	72	72	73	73	74	74	75	75	76	76	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	81	82	82	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	72
4	73
5	73
6	74
7	74
8	75
9	75
10	76
11	76
12	77
13	77
14	78
15	78
16	78
17	78
18	78
19	78
20	78
21	78
22	78
23	78
24	79
25	79
26	79
27	80
28	81
29	82
30	82
31	83

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 88% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 88% 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
Humid (%)	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9
Muggy (%)	84	84	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	91

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	9	91

Wind in August

Winds average 4 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
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10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
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16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

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 5:40 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:04 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	12.6	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	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45
Sunset (PM)	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.7	5:40	6:20
2	12.7	5:41	6:20
3	12.6	5:41	6:20
4	12.6	5:41	6:19
5	12.6	5:41	6:19
6	12.6	5:42	6:18
7	12.6	5:42	6:18
8	12.6	5:42	6:18
9	12.6	5:42	6:17
10	12.6	5:42	6:17
11	12.6	5:43	6:16
12	12.5	5:43	6:16
13	12.5	5:43	6:15
14	12.5	5:43	6:14
15	12.5	5:43	6:14
16	12.5	5:44	6:13
17	12.5	5:44	6:13
18	12.5	5:44	6:12
19	12.5	5:44	6:12
20	12.4	5:44	6:11
21	12.4	5:44	6:10
22	12.4	5:44	6:10
23	12.4	5:44	6:09
24	12.4	5:45	6:08
25	12.4	5:45	6:08
26	12.4	5:45	6:07
27	12.4	5:45	6:06
28	12.3	5:45	6:06
29	12.3	5:45	6:05
30	12.3	5:45	6:04
31	12.3	5:45	6:04

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.73 kWh/m² to a high of 5.96 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.45 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3
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
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Lepaera

In seasonPeak

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

Lepaera'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 Lepaera?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Lepaera for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lepaera in August

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

In August, Lepaera sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

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UV index in Lepaera 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 Lepaera peaks around April 9 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	13	14	14	12	13	12	13	13	12	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	13	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	9	Very high

Air quality in Lepaera 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 Lepaera is worst in April — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.7× the cleanest month (December, 9 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)	9	11	16	41	40	21	23	18	17	14	10	9
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	9	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	16	Moderate
Apr	41	Poor
May	40	Poor
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	10	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Lepaera?

Lepaera sits at 14.8°N, 88.6°W, 959 m above sea level, in Honduras. The nearest listed city is Santa Rosa de Copán, 20 km away.

Topography around Lepaera

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lepaera has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 917 m around an average of 1,023 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,869 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,791 m.

The land around Lepaera is covered by trees (66%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, trees (68%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and trees (77%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

917 m

trees 66%

16 km

1,869 m

trees 68%

80 km

2,791 m

trees 77%

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← July Lepaera year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Santa Rosa de Copán 20 km · Atima 20 km · Gracias 21 km · La Iguala 22 km · Cucuyagua 34 km · San Pedro de Copán 35 km · Corquín 38 km · Belén Gualcho 40 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 Lepaera (14.7788°, -88.5902°, elevation 959 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	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	18
5	27	18
6	27	18
7	27	18
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	27	18
18	27	18
19	27	18
20	27	18
21	27	18
22	27	18
23	27	18
24	27	18
25	27	18
26	27	18
27	27	18
28	27	18
29	28	18
30	28	18
31	28	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	72
4	73
5	73
6	74
7	74
8	75
9	75
10	76
11	76
12	77
13	77
14	78
15	78
16	78
17	78
18	78
19	78
20	78
21	78
22	78
23	78
24	79
25	79
26	79
27	80
28	81
29	82
30	82
31	83

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	9	91

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	72
4	73
5	73
6	74
7	74
8	75
9	75
10	76
11	76
12	77
13	77
14	78
15	78
16	78
17	78
18	78
19	78
20	78
21	78
22	78
23	78
24	79
25	79
26	79
27	80
28	81
29	82
30	82
31	83

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	9	91

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	72
4	73
5	73
6	74
7	74
8	75
9	75
10	76
11	76
12	77
13	77
14	78
15	78
16	78
17	78
18	78
19	78
20	78
21	78
22	78
23	78
24	79
25	79
26	79
27	80
28	81
29	82
30	82
31	83

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	9	91