Forecast

A high-pressure ridge is driving cooler northerly winds, increasing cloud cover, and scattered weak-to-moderate showers across Honduras, with occasional stronger storms and isolated lightning in the northwest.

A surface trough will generate widespread clouds, weak to moderate rain, and isolated thunderstorms across most of Honduras, with high temperatures ranging from 28°C to 33°C depending on region.

El Niño is warming Atlantic waters and suppressing tropical cyclone development, with forecasters expecting only about 7 hurricanes in 2026 compared to a typical season's 15, though October and November remain the wettest and most active months for Honduras.

Intensifying Super El Niño conditions in the Pacific are driving increased moisture and tropical wave activity toward Honduras, with forecasters predicting rainfall totals of 80–150 millimeters across different regions over the next eight days.

A tropical wave moving into Honduras on Wednesday will bring rain across most of the country, including the capital, temporarily breaking the dry spell in central, southern, and eastern regions amid a seasonal dry period expected to last through early September.

Honduras will see little rain this weekend as Saharan dust and high temperatures move in, affecting air quality and weather conditions across the country.

The Central Bank of Honduras forecasts year-over-year inflation of 4.97% at the close of 2026, with a declining trend that would bring it within the monetary authority's target range of 3.0–5.0% by June 2028.

Dry conditions will prevail over most of Honduras, with weak isolated showers possible in the east, center, and west as easterly winds bring Caribbean moisture.

A tropical wave is expected to bring heavy rainfall to Honduras, forecasters say, even as parts of the country experience extreme heat.

Some regions of Honduras are expected to receive up to 80 millimeters of rain with intense electrical activity; authorities recommend precautions.

Copeco reported moderate to heavy rainfall continuing through midnight across Choluteca, Valle, Francisco Morazán, Santa Bárbara, southern Cortés, Comayagua, and Yoro, with risks of flash flooding in streams and ravines.

A weather system combining Caribbean and Pacific moisture with a surface trough will bring moderate rains and electrical storms nationwide on Sunday, with the heaviest rainfall expected in western, central, and southern Honduras.

A weather system will bring scattered afternoon showers and isolated thunderstorms to Honduras's eastern, northern, and central regions on Friday, with Gracias a Dios, Atlántida, and Colón expecting the heaviest rainfall of up to 10 millimeters, while temperatures peak at 41°C in Choluteca.