Climate Choloma Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of La Esperanza Airport (MHLE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	63.7	73	72	65	61	56
February	71.3	76	75	56	70	70
March	74.5	74	69	53	73	80
April	64.4		75	60	61	57
May	65.4		69	58	71	66
June	66.0		77	54	66	59
July	75.7		76	70	76	76
August	72.1		74	66	78	69
September	70.1		82	61	73	71
October	55.7		51	59	66	59
November	47.0		49	55	37	35
December	58.5		49	70	61	60
Average	66.4	74.3	68.1	60.2	65.9	63.0

14th 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	96.1	97	96	96	94	95
February	96.2	93	97	95	93	97
March	96.4	98	97	92	94	97
April	94.4		94	95	93	87
May	94.3		95	94	97	90
June	96.4		94	97	97	95
July	98.2		100	100	98	95
August	96.1		98	95	95	95
September	96.0		99	94	95	96
October	94.2		94	93	92	96
November	94.1		91	97	95	92
December	95.5		93	100	92	97
Average	95.8	96.2	95.6	95.4	94.5	94.3

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	21.1	23	22	22	21	22
February	22.7	24	23	21	23	24
March	24.1	27	24	23	23	25
April	25.1		26	25	24	28
May	24.1		25	23	24	25
June	23.4		25	23	24	23
July	23.3		24	23	23	24
August	23.8		24	23	23	25
September	24.0		25	23	24	24
October	22.5		23	22	24	23
November	20.9		22	22	20	21
December	20.6		21	20	21	20
Average	23.1	24.5	23.5	22.6	22.6	23.5

15th 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	11.1	10	10	11	12	12
February	11.4	10	11	12	11	11
March	11.9	13	11	12	12	13
April	13.0		12	13	13	12
May	14.5		14	13	15	16
June	14.2		15	15	13	13
July	13.8		16	15	14	12
August	14.4		16	14	14	15
September	14.3		15	14	14	15
October	14.6		16	15	14	15
November	13.5		15	14	13	15
December	12.0		13	13	12	13
Average	13.0	11.0	13.5	13.4	12.9	13.3

2nd 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	1.0	0	2	1	2	2
February	1.3	0	0	1	6	3
March	0.5	0	0	1	2	1
April	0.6		0	2	3	0
May	2.2		2	4	0	5
June	3.2		3	3	1	12
July	0.6		2	1	1	0
August	1.4		2	1	2	1
September	1.5		0	3	2	1
October	6.9		5	7	2	5
November	5.2		11	1	1	19
December	1.4		2	0	2	2
Average	2.0	0.1	2.4	2.0	1.7	4.2

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	5.3	4	6	5	5	5
February	5.4	5	5	6	5	6
March	5.4	4	5	5	6	6
April	3.9		4	4	5	4
May	3.2		4	3	4	4
June	3.3		3	4	3	5
July	4.7		5	5	5	4
August	3.7		4	4	4	4
September	3.5		4	3	4	4
October	3.9		4	5	4	4
November	5.5		5	4	7	5
December	5.3		6	5	5	6
Average	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.5	4.7

15th 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	051°	049°	047°	049°	053°
February	053°	050°	062°	061°	062°
March	043°	055°	053°	058°	058°
April		046°	047°	067°	065°
May		055°	067°	050°	055°
June		061°	059°	050°	078°
July		049°	059°	044°	055°
August		064°	056°	050°	054°
September		055°	063°	055°	096°
October		054°	054°	053°	044°
November		046°	047°	047°	048°
December		048°	041°	051°	055°

Prevailing wind direction

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