Climate La America Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (MHLM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	88.2	87	97	91	90	85
February	92.3	88	94	87	93	92
March	94.3	88	96	94	94	96
April	82.4		65	94	87	47
May	91.1		75	96	83	93
June	96.5		94	96	100	93
July	95.9		96	97	97	97
August	96.7		96	97	97	99
September	97.9		100	95	98	98
October	93.8		96	92	97	95
November	86.6		79	94	82	47
December	88.7		79	94	98	67
Average	91.6	87.4	88.7	94.1	93.1	88.9

3rd 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	95.9	96	100	96	97	95
February	97.6	95	99	94	98	99
March	97.9	93	98	99	99	99
April	92.5		79	98	97	76
May	97.3		90	99	97	98
June	99.0		98	98	100	99
July	99.2		100	100	100	99
August	99.2		100	100	99	100
September	99.1		100	98	99	99
October	97.9		99	97	99	100
November	94.5		91	98	95	77
December	95.4		94	98	100	67
Average	96.9	94.6	95.4	97.9	98.1	96.0

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	28.9	31	30	29	28	30
February	30.6	30	31	29	31	31
March	32.1	35	33	32	31	32
April	34.1		34	33	33	36
May	34.7		34	35	34	35
June	33.7		36	32	34	34
July	32.9		33	32	33	34
August	33.5		34	32	34	35
September	33.4		34	32	34	33
October	32.1		33	31	34	32
November	29.3		30	30	28	26
December	28.9		29	30	30	20
Average	32.0	31.9	32.2	31.3	31.9	32.9

2nd 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	19.8	22	19	19	21	20
February	20.2	20	20	20	21	21
March	20.4	22	21	20	21	21
April	23.1		21	23	22	26
May	23.6		24	23	24	26
June	23.1		24	20	24	26
July	22.6		24	20	21	24
August	23.3		25	23	21	26
September	21.8		24	20	19	22
October	22.2		24	21	22	24
November	20.9		23	21	20	22
December	20.3		21	21	20	16
Average	21.7	20.9	22.5	20.8	21.2	23.4

10th 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	5.9	6	3	7	6	5
February	4.1	6	3	10	5	6
March	2.3	2	4	3	3	2
April	1.0		0	4	3	0
May	0.7		0	2	0	2
June	0.6		0	2	0	0
July	0.7		1	0	1	0
August	0.5		1	1	1	1
September	0.7		1	3	0	1
October	4.4		4	9	2	4
November	9.6		16	8	12	62
December	5.1		9	3	2	0
Average	3.0	4.5	3.6	4.0	2.8	2.8

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	5.8	6	6	6	6	6
February	6.8	7	7	6	7	7
March	7.4	8	8	7	7	8
April	7.8		8	8	7	9
May	7.6		7	7	8	8
June	6.4		7	5	6	8
July	6.7		7	6	7	8
August	6.4		6	6	6	7
September	6.1		7	5	6	6
October	5.7		6	5	6	6
November	5.0		5	5	5	5
December	5.7		5	6	6	4
Average	6.5	6.6	6.4	6.0	6.4	7.2

2nd 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	035°	039°	062°	024°	038°
February	041°	040°	066°	026°	034°
March	047°	048°	067°	020°	037°
April		036°	058°	027°	055°
May		042°	040°	032°	055°
June		050°	051°	038°	052°
July		039°	045°	048°	046°
August		043°	051°	078°	052°
September		047°	065°	082°	055°
October		061°	048°	088°	054°
November		046°	045°	078°	012°
December		042°	032°	068°	207°

Prevailing wind direction

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