Catacamas
City in Honduras: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Catacamas is a city in Honduras, in Olancho Department. About 140,548 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Honduras in our atlas.
It lies at 14.85° N, 85.89° W, about 449 m (1,473 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Tegucigalpa time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Catacamas. Green dots: other major cities of Honduras. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Catacamas has a tropical savanna (dry summer) climate (Köppen As). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 31°C (89°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 16°C (61°F). Around 1,206 mm (47 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Oct.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in HondurasNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Danlí · 117 km
- La Ceiba · 139 km
- La Ceiba · 143 km
- Tegucigalpa · 165 km
- Siguatepeque · 210 km
- Choloma · 237 km
- San Pedro Sula · 240 km
- Puerto Cortez · 244 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3613974 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q25280161 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.