Santa Cruz de Yojoa weather in May

In May, Santa Cruz de Yojoa sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 140 mm of rain across 17.5 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Santa Cruz de Yojoa's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Cruz de Yojoa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
1st warmest
Overnight low
22°
12th coldest
Rainfall
140 mm
17.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:27 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover
69%
6th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.84 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Santa Cruz de Yojoa is human settlement in Honduras.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical May day in Santa Cruz de Yojoa reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Santa Cruz de Yojoa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Santa Cruz de Yojoa weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 18°7413.811.26.3
Feb27° / 18°479.511.56.6
Mar29° / 19°498.511.95.7
Apr32° / 21°468.712.34.0
May33° / 22°14017.512.73.0
Jun31° / 22°20122.512.93.0
Jul30° / 22°14622.212.83.5
Aug30° / 21°16323.912.53.3
Sep30° / 21°22625.312.13.0
Oct28° / 21°20423.711.73.9
Nov26° / 19°12818.711.35.1
Dec25° / 18°7915.211.16.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
24852
34852
44753
54555
64555
74357
84258
94159
104060
113763
123763
133466
143367
153367
163070
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202674
212674
222575
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272377
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302179
312080

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Santa Cruz de Yojoa gets around 140 mm of rain over 17.5 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 57% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
140
241
342
443
544
645
746
847
948
1049
1150
1251
1352
1453
1554
1655
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1858
1960
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2162
2264
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2568
2669
2771
2872
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3074
3175

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 95% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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21106029
30106030
40105931
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6095734
7085735
8085636
9085537
10085339
11085240
12075241
13075043
14074944
15064846
16064748
17054649
18054451
19044353
20034255
21034156
22033958
23023761
24023662
25023464
26013267
27013069
28012871
29002674
30002476
31002278

Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:33 AM to 5:24 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:336:05
212.55:326:05
312.65:326:05
412.65:316:05
512.65:316:06
612.65:316:06
712.65:306:06
812.65:306:06
912.65:296:07
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1112.65:296:07
1212.75:286:07
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.84 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 — May's 5.84 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.2Intense
26.1Intense
36.1Intense
46.1Intense
56.1Intense
66.1Intense
76.1Intense
86.0Intense
96.0Intense
106.0Bright
116.0Bright
125.9Bright
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275.7Bright
285.6Bright
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305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Santa Cruz de Yojoa?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Santa Cruz de Yojoa.

What to pack for Santa Cruz de Yojoa in May

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

In May, Santa Cruz de Yojoa sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Santa Cruz de Yojoa in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May 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 Santa Cruz de Yojoa peaks around March 24 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 highMar 24UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Santa Cruz de Yojoa in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Santa Cruz de Yojoa 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).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateUnhealthyModerateGoodApr 1967 µg/m³Dec 1710 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb15Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr70Unhealthy
May53Poor
Jun22Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Santa Cruz de Yojoa?

Santa Cruz de Yojoa sits at 15.0°N, 87.9°W, 477 m above sea level, in Honduras. The nearest listed city is San Francisco de Yojoa, 9.0 km away.

Santa BárbaraVillanuevaEl Negrito

Topography around Santa Cruz de Yojoa

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Santa Cruz de Yojoa.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Cruz de Yojoa has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 426 m around an average of 494 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,849 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,710 m.

The land around Santa Cruz de Yojoa is covered by trees (74%) within 3 km, trees (68%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (74%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
426 m
16 km
1,849 m
80 km
2,710 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: San Francisco de Yojoa 9.0 km · San Antonio de Cortés 22 km · Santa Rita 24 km · Potrerillos 29 km · Azacualpa 37 km · Santa Bárbara 38 km · Villanueva 39 km · El Negrito 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 Santa Cruz de Yojoa (14.9809°, -87.8909°, elevation 477 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).