San Antonio de Cortés weather in August

In August, San Antonio de Cortés sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 163 mm of rain across 23.9 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 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 San Antonio de Cortés's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Antonio de Cortés's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 163 mm; 23.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 5:41 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 8th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.62 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; out of 10

San Antonio de Cortés 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 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in San Antonio de Cortés reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°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)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

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

How August really feels in San Antonio de Cortés

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

San Antonio de Cortés 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	25° / 18°	74	13.8	11.2	6.3
Feb	27° / 18°	47	9.5	11.5	6.6
Mar	29° / 19°	49	8.5	11.9	5.7
Apr	32° / 21°	46	8.7	12.3	4.0
May	33° / 22°	140	17.5	12.7	3.0
Jun	31° / 22°	201	22.5	12.9	3.0
Jul	30° / 22°	146	22.2	12.8	3.5
Aug	30° / 21°	163	23.9	12.5	3.3
Sep	30° / 21°	226	25.3	12.1	3.0
Oct	28° / 21°	204	23.7	11.7	3.9
Nov	26° / 19°	128	18.7	11.3	5.1
Dec	25° / 18°	79	15.2	11.1	6.0

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 22% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

	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 (%)	31	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	30	29	29	29	28	27	27	27	27
Cloudier (%)	69	69	69	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	70	71	71	71	72	73	73	73	73

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	28	72
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	27	73

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

San Antonio de Cortés gets around 163 mm of rain over 23.9 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 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 (%)	76	76	76	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	79	79	80	80

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

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 75% 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 (%)	32	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	29	28	28	27	27	26	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	19
Oppressive (%)	68	68	68	69	69	69	70	70	71	72	72	73	73	74	75	75	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	78	79	79	80	80	80	81	81

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	26	74
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	19	81
31	19	81

Wind in August

Winds average 4 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 3 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	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	3	calm
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27	3	calm
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29	3	calm
30	3	calm
31	3	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 5:38 AM to 5:43 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 6:02 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)	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43
Sunset (PM)	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	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	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:02

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.7	5:38	6:19
2	12.7	5:38	6:18
3	12.7	5:38	6:18
4	12.6	5:39	6:17
5	12.6	5:39	6:17
6	12.6	5:39	6:17
7	12.6	5:39	6:16
8	12.6	5:39	6:16
9	12.6	5:40	6:15
10	12.6	5:40	6:15
11	12.6	5:40	6:14
12	12.6	5:40	6:14
13	12.5	5:40	6:13
14	12.5	5:41	6:13
15	12.5	5:41	6:12
16	12.5	5:41	6:12
17	12.5	5:41	6:11
18	12.5	5:41	6:10
19	12.5	5:41	6:10
20	12.5	5:42	6:09
21	12.4	5:42	6:08
22	12.4	5:42	6:08
23	12.4	5:42	6:07
24	12.4	5:42	6:07
25	12.4	5:42	6:06
26	12.4	5:42	6:05
27	12.4	5:42	6:04
28	12.4	5:43	6:04
29	12.3	5:43	6:03
30	12.3	5:43	6:02
31	12.3	5:43	6:02

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.45 kWh/m² to a high of 6.21 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.62 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)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
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27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit San Antonio de Cortés?

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

3.3

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in San Antonio de Cortés.

What to pack for San Antonio de Cortés in August

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

In August, San Antonio de Cortés sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in San Antonio de Cortés in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in San Antonio de Cortés peaks around April 9 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Very high
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in San Antonio de Cortés 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 San Antonio de Cortés is worst in April — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.0× the cleanest month (December, 10 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)	11	15	24	70	53	22	25	19	18	15	11	10
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	24	Moderate
Apr	70	Unhealthy
May	53	Poor
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	19	Moderate
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	11	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is San Antonio de Cortés?

San Antonio de Cortés sits at 15.1°N, 88.0°W, 587 m above sea level, in Honduras. The nearest listed city is San Francisco de Yojoa, 14 km away.

Topography around San Antonio de Cortés

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of San Antonio de Cortés.

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Antonio de Cortés has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 522 m around an average of 567 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,469 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,713 m.

The land around San Antonio de Cortés is covered by trees (73%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, trees (71%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

522 m

trees 73%

16 km

1,469 m

trees 71%

80 km

2,713 m

trees 73%

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← July San Antonio de Cortés year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: San Francisco de Yojoa 14 km · Potrerillos 15 km · Santa Rita 19 km · Santa Cruz de Yojoa 22 km · Villanueva 23 km · San José de Colinas 29 km · Santa Bárbara 30 km · Cofradía 34 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 San Antonio de Cortés (15.1161°, -88.0407°, elevation 587 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	30	21
2	30	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	30	21
14	30	21
15	30	21
16	30	21
17	30	21
18	30	21
19	30	21
20	30	21
21	30	21
22	30	21
23	30	21
24	31	21
25	31	21
26	31	21
27	31	21
28	31	21
29	31	21
30	31	21
31	31	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	28	72
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	27	73

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

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	26	74
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	19	81
31	19	81

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	28	72
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	27	73

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

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	26	74
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	19	81
31	19	81

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	28	72
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	27	73

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

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	26	74
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	19	81
31	19	81