Climate and average weather in Sonaguera

In Sonaguera, the weather is muggy, hot, wet, and mostly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around November.

Best: late December to mid April

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Sonaguera typically varies from 20°C to 31°C, and is rarely below 19°C or above 33°C. June is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Sonaguera for warm-weather activities is from late December to mid April.

Hottest
Jun
31°
Coldest
Jan
20°
Wettest
Nov
276 mm
Driest
Apr
43 mm
Rain / yr
1708 mm
213 wet days
Daylight
11.1–12.9 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
145 m
15.6°N
Clearest
Mar
37% cloud

Sonaguera weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late December to mid April.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Sonaguera, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Sonaguera stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is June, with an average high of 31°C and low of 24°C; the coolest is January, with an average low of 20°C and high of 26°C.

Days typically run about 6°C warmer than nights year-round.

15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2620
Feb2721
Mar2821
Apr3023
May3124
Jun3124
Jul3024
Aug3024
Sep3024
Oct2923
Nov2722
Dec2621

How hot and cold Sonaguera really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Sonaguera feels like about 37°C (around June 2). About 205 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in June.

20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan26262020
Feb28272121
Mar31282121
Apr33302323
May35312424
Jun36312424
Jul35302424
Aug35302424
Sep35302424
Oct32292323
Nov28272222
Dec26262121

Average hourly temperature in Sonaguera

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on June afternoons, near 31°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 20°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Sonaguera weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 20°16116.511.25.9
Feb27° / 21°9110.711.56.5
Mar28° / 21°799.811.96.3
Apr30° / 23°437.712.35.4
May31° / 24°9915.212.74.1
Jun31° / 24°12019.212.93.4
Jul30° / 24°11021.112.83.6
Aug30° / 24°12522.812.53.4
Sep30° / 24°15124.112.13.2
Oct29° / 23°27524.711.63.6
Nov27° / 22°27622.411.34.5
Dec26° / 21°17819.111.15.3

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Sonaguera gets about 1708 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 7.1 months, from around May 24 to Dec 24, peaking in September at about 85% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Apr 5.

November is the wettest month by volume, with 276 mm over about 22 wet days; April is the driest, with 43 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetSep 27 · 85%Apr 5 · 22%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan5317
Feb3911
Mar3110
Apr268
May4915
Jun6419
Jul6821
Aug7323
Sep8024
Oct8025
Nov7522
Dec6219

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Sonaguera collects about 1708 mm of rain across 213 wet days — roughly 142 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. November is the wettest month with 276 mm, while April is the driest at just 43 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 43% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec16191794399120110125151275276178
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan16117
Feb9111
Mar7910
Apr438
May9915
Jun12019
Jul11021
Aug12523
Sep15124
Oct27525
Nov27622
Dec17819

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Sonaguera, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around December 4 and lasts for 5.3 months, ending around May 13. The clearest month is March, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 79% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 14 and lasts for 6.7 months, ending around December 3. The cloudiest month is June, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 69% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMar 29 · 82%Oct 4 · 26%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6436
Feb7525
Mar7921
Apr7624
May4852
Jun3169
Jul4060
Aug4258
Sep3367
Oct3169
Nov4357
Dec5644

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around May 31, brings about 12 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.26:205:30
Feb11.56:165:44
Mar11.95:585:52
Apr12.35:355:56
May12.75:206:03
Jun12.95:186:13
Jul12.85:266:16
Aug12.55:346:05
Sep12.15:375:42
Oct11.65:415:20
Nov11.35:535:08
Dec11.16:095:14

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Sonaguera averages about 9 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 19 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.9 months, from around Dec 14 to May 12. The sunniest month is March, with roughly 18 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is September, down near 4 sunny days — about 76% fewer than the March peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantMar 3019 daysSep 303 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan13Mixed
Feb16Bright
Mar18Bright
Apr16Bright
May9Mixed
Jun4Gloomy
Jul5Gloomy
Aug6Gloomy
Sep4Gloomy
Oct5Gloomy
Nov6Gloomy
Dec9Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

Sonaguera is humid all year round — on a typical day the air feels at least humid, and there is no real dry season to wait for.

The stickiest month is January, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 92% of the time. Even in March, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 0% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecmiserableoppressivemuggyhumid
Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan851410
Feb654400
Mar540541
Apr121745
May057818
Jun017029
Jul008713
Aug008218
Sep007426
Oct038314
Nov121771
Dec336600

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Sonaguera is steady company: average speeds sit near 6 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeApr 10 · 7 km/hSep 24 · 5 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan6calm
Feb7calm
Mar7calm
Apr7calm
May7calm
Jun7calm
Jul7calm
Aug6calm
Sep5calm
Oct6calm
Nov6calm
Dec6calm

Hazard calendar for Sonaguera

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Sonaguera sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Sonaguera's rainy season runs August–January, when most of the year's rain falls.

Atlantic hurricane
Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Sonaguera

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Sonaguera throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late December, Sonaguera is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Sonaguera for general outdoor tourist activities is from late December to mid April, with a peak score in the last week of February.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationFeb 25 · 6.8

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan5.9good
Feb6.5good
Mar6.3good
Apr5.4fair
May4.1fair
Jun3.4poor
Jul3.5fair
Aug3.4poor
Sep3.2poor
Oct3.6fair
Nov4.5fair
Dec5.3fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Sonaguera for hot-weather activities is from mid February to mid May, with a peak score in the first week of April.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationApr 2 · 7.8

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Sonaguera, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Sonaguera packs about the same all year — highs hold near 31°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In June, Sonaguera sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Sonaguera

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 27 km away) is warmest in September at about 30°C and coldest in January near 27°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb27Warm
Mar27Warm
Apr28Warm
May28Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov28Tropical
Dec27Warm

UV index (midday) in Sonaguera by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sonaguera peaks around March 23 at about 13 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 23UV 13Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Average hourly UV index in Sonaguera

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan74.5
Feb7.56
Mar86
Apr8.56.5
May8.56
Jun8.56.5
Jul86
Aug86
Sep86
Oct7.55.5
Nov74.5
Dec6.54

Air quality in Sonaguera by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Sonaguera is worst in April — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 6.4× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodApr 2137 µg/m³Dec 206 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb7Good
Mar11Good
Apr38Poor
May32Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul30Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov7Good
Dec6Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Sonaguera is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Sonaguera banks about 5,740 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around June.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan412
Feb386
Mar458
Apr492
May537
Jun528
Jul528
Aug530
Sep513
Oct497
Nov435
Dec425

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Sonaguera receives about 5.5 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.0 and 6.7 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 7.0 months, from around Feb 24 to Sep 25. The brightest month is April, averaging about 6.6 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is November, down near 4.1 kWh/m² — roughly 38% less than the April peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseApr 206.7 kWhNov 264.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.3Bright
Feb5.2Bright
Mar6.0Intense
Apr6.7Intense
May6.3Intense
Jun6.0Bright
Jul6.1Intense
Aug6.2Intense
Sep5.8Bright
Oct4.7Bright
Nov4.1Bright
Dec4.1Bright

Where is Sonaguera?

Sonaguera sits at 15.6°N, 86.3°W, 145 m above sea level, in Honduras. The nearest listed city is Sabá, 21 km away.

La CeibaGualacoRoatanCatacamasYoro

Topography around Sonaguera

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sonaguera has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 684 m around an average of 315 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 997 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,401 m.

The land around Sonaguera is covered by trees (73%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, trees (74%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and water (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
684 m
16 km
997 m
80 km
2,401 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Sabá 21 km · Olanchito 31 km · Tocoa 36 km · La Ceiba 50 km · Gualaco 73 km · Roatan 79 km · Catacamas 99 km · Yoro 101 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 Sonaguera (15.6333°, -86.3333°, elevation 145 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).