Lepaera weather in January

In January, Lepaera sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 77 mm of rain across 14.1 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-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 27% 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 Lepaera's 4th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lepaera's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
12th warmest
Overnight low
15°
1st coldest
Rainfall
77 mm
14.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
6:27 AM – 5:40 PM
Cloud cover
60%
4th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.07 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Lepaera 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 Lepaera 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 26°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Lepaera weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 15°7714.111.26.2
Feb24° / 15°479.211.57.1
Mar27° / 16°407.711.97.2
Apr29° / 17°478.412.35.8
May29° / 18°15518.512.74.3
Jun28° / 19°2452412.94.0
Jul27° / 18°15121.612.84.7
Aug27° / 18°18623.512.54.3
Sep27° / 18°26826.712.13.8
Oct26° / 18°20924.111.74.4
Nov24° / 16°12318.511.35.3
Dec23° / 15°8115.711.15.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24357
34456
44555
54555
64654
74654
84654
94852
104852
114753
124852
134951
145050
154951
165050
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184951
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204951
214951
224951
234951
245050
255050
265149
275149
285248
295347
305347
315545

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Lepaera gets around 77 mm of rain over 14.1 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 45% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
147
247
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446
546
646
746
846
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1146
1246
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1745
1845
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2145
2244
2344
2444
2543
2643
2742
2842
2942
3042
3142

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 66% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1423676
2423685
3423685
4423685
5424675
6424675
7425674
8426664
9427654
10528643
11528643
12529633
13529633
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15529642
16530632
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18530632
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22530632
23429652
24429652
25428662
26427672
27427672
28426682
29425692
30425692
31425692

Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
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315calm

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 6:23 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 5:32 PM to 5:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.16:235:32
211.16:245:32
311.16:245:33
411.16:245:33
511.26:255:34
611.26:255:34
711.26:255:35
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1811.26:285:41
1911.26:285:42
2011.26:285:42
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2211.36:285:43
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3111.36:275:48

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.07 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 — January's 4.07 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
124.0Moderate
134.0Bright
144.0Bright
154.0Bright
164.1Bright
174.1Bright
184.1Bright
194.1Bright
204.2Bright
214.2Bright
224.2Bright
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244.3Bright
254.3Bright
264.3Bright
274.3Bright
284.4Bright
294.4Bright
304.4Bright
314.4Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Lepaera

In seasonPeak

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

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 January a good time to visit Lepaera?

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

6.2
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Lepaera for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lepaera in January

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

In January, Lepaera sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Lepaera 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 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highApr 9UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Lepaera 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 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).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateGoodApr 2341 µg/m³Dec 199 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb11Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr41Poor
May40Poor
Jun21Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
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.

CorquínBelén Gualcho

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
16 km
1,869 m
80 km
2,791 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January 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
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 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).