Climate San Bernardo Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Choluteca (MHCH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	98.6	99	98	99	99	99
February	98.0	98	95	99	99	100
March	98.7	99	97	99	99	98
April	82.6		83	96	98	48
May	80.4		66	87	99	72
June	87.7		83	87	93	71
July	95.7		92	97	97	97
August	92.2		91	89	93	89
September	89.9		95	83	92	87
October	86.3		84	91	93	87
November	93.5		93	96	100	79
December	98.6		99	99	99	99
Average	92.7	98.1	89.6	93.1	96.5	87.9

6th best VFR conditions of Honduras

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	99.0	100	99	99	99	99
February	99.0	100	100	99	99	100
March	99.3	99	100	99	100	99
April	95.1		99	99	99	76
May	91.4		86	96	99	82
June	95.9		98	96	99	87
July	97.9		99	98	99	98
August	96.4		98	96	96	94
September	96.0		100	95	96	94
October	95.0		95	97	99	94
November	96.5		98	100	100	88
December	99.0		100	100	99	99
Average	96.9	99.5	97.5	97.6	98.4	93.8

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	35.6	37	36	36	36	37
February	35.0	37	36	36	37	37
March	36.4	39	37	38	38	38
April	37.0		39	37	37	35
May	35.1		38	34	37	36
June	33.8		34	32	36	33
July	35.4		35	35	35	35
August	34.6		36	34	34	34
September	33.7		35	32	33	33
October	32.9		33	33	34	33
November	34.1		34	34	35	32
December	34.9		35	35	36	34
Average	35.1	37.5	35.7	34.5	35.6	34.6

1st highest temperature of Honduras

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	24.1	25	23	23	24	24
February	23.5	25	24	23	23	25
March	24.2	29	23	23	25	25
April	24.8		24	24	25	26
May	25.0		25	23	25	31
June	22.6		23	24	23	29
July	24.1		25	24	25	28
August	23.2		25	24	23	27
September	21.8		25	23	22	21
October	22.7		24	23	23	23
November	22.8		23	23	24	23
December	23.8		25	23	24	24
Average	23.8	26.1	23.9	23.3	23.8	25.0

12th lowest temperature of Honduras

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
April	0.1		0	1	0	0
May	0.5		0	1	0	0
June	1.6		3	2	2	4
July	0.7		0	1	1	1
August	0.5		2	1	0	1
September	1.1		0	6	0	1
October	3.4		2	5	1	3
November	2.0		1	1	0	12
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.8		0.6	1.3	0.3	2.2

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.3	14	12	11	13	10
February	11.6	15	13	11	8	12
March	9.7	10	8	9	10	11
April	6.3		7	6	6	5
May	4.7		6	5	6	4
June	4.5		5	5	4	4
July	7.7		8	8	7	5
August	6.0		7	6	5	5
September	4.0		6	4	5	3
October	4.4		5	5	5	3
November	7.4		8	6	11	4
December	11.6		15	10	11	10
Average	8.1	13.4	8.2	6.9	7.5	6.3

1st highest wind speed of Honduras

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	020°	012°	015°	019°	027°
February	021°	017°	019°	015°	022°
March	358°	020°	013°	023°	016°
April		016°	360°	015°	355°
May		007°	169°	042°	239°
June		024°	012°	132°	017°
July		025°	019°	022°	025°
August		028°	039°	179°	038°
September		127°	151°	084°	183°
October		177°	021°	151°	002°
November		010°	014°	022°	023°
December		017°	022°	026°	016°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.