La Ceiba climate

La Ceiba Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around La Ceiba, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 30°C on May 1 to 30°C on May 31, and lows from 26°C to 26°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 90 mm over about 15 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at La Ceiba, in °C, with the record for each date.10152025303540151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

May at a glance

Average high
30°C
Average low
26°C
Precipitation
90 mm
Record high
38°CMay 14, 1978
Record low
14°CMay 18, 1982
Daylight
12 h 43 min to 13 h 00 min
Cloud cover
55%
Humidity
78%
Dew point
23°C
Wind
15.1 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
May 130°C26°C38°C 201017°C 199232%
May 230°C26°C36°C 201017°C 199232%
May 330°C26°C36°C 201019°C 198132%
May 430°C26°C35°C 201018°C 198533%
May 530°C26°C34°C 200218°C 198634%
May 630°C26°C33°C 202118°C 199835%
May 730°C26°C34°C 200317°C 201136%
May 830°C26°C33°C 197817°C 201138%
May 930°C26°C33°C 197917°C 200740%
May 1030°C26°C33°C 200217°C 200740%
May 1130°C26°C34°C 199818°C 200740%
May 1230°C26°C34°C 199820°C 200742%
May 1330°C26°C33°C 199019°C 202243%
May 1430°C26°C38°C 197818°C 199743%
May 1530°C26°C34°C 201016°C 202244%
May 1630°C26°C33°C 201018°C 199847%
May 1730°C26°C34°C 198016°C 198749%
May 1830°C26°C34°C 199314°C 198251%
May 1930°C26°C35°C 202416°C 199852%
May 2030°C26°C36°C 198116°C 199854%
May 2130°C26°C34°C 201720°C 199955%
May 2230°C26°C36°C 199919°C 199155%
May 2330°C26°C34°C 200819°C 202357%
May 2430°C26°C34°C 197919°C 199158%
May 2530°C26°C33°C 200820°C 199260%
May 2630°C26°C34°C 199120°C 199262%
May 2730°C26°C34°C 199119°C 199263%
May 2830°C26°C34°C 202519°C 199264%
May 2930°C26°C35°C 199520°C 199166%
May 3030°C26°C35°C 199518°C 198967%
May 3130°C26°C35°C 202519°C 198967%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at La Ceiba, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CST).

May 1
sunrise 5:23 AM, sunset 6:06 PM
May 31
sunrise 5:15 AM, sunset 6:15 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station HOM00078705, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-27. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.