Roatan, Honduras

Set in the tropics, Roatan (Honduras) is best understood through its weather data: our 2015–2024 climate record puts its peak at a 94/100 sun score in May, exactly the kind of reliability you want for a sand-and-sea holiday.

September is the heat peak, averaging 29°C highs; January is the cool end, when nights dip to around 25°C. The wet–dry contrast is pronounced: 77% rain-day odds in November against 16% in May. Beach-warm afternoons (24°C and up) hold through January–December.

Season by season (on the northern calendar), spring brings 28°C highs with 20% rain-day odds, summer 29°C at 46%, autumn 28°C at 73%, and winter 27°C at 58%. In short: plan around spring if you can, keep summer as the fallback, and go into autumn with managed expectations (its season score is 80). For warmth without the densest crowds, the shoulder play is December: still 27°C highs, with a sun score of 78.

Best months to visit Roatan

Ranked purely on sunshine odds, the podium is May at 94/100, then April at 92 and March at 91. In practice you have flexibility — January–December all stay above a 70 sun score. The month to avoid on pure weather odds is November (76/100).

Put against its 126 tropical peers in May, it lands in the sunnier half of the group, ahead of 77% of them.

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The live forecast backs this up: of the next 16 days, 5 look mostly clear and 11 carry meaningful rain risk, in a 24–29°C band. Today's cached sun score is 82/100.