Choloma
City in Honduras: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Choloma: JVC3ETA, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Choloma is a city in Honduras, in Cortés Department. About 139,100 people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Honduras in our atlas.
It lies at 15.61° N, 87.95° W, about 41 m (135 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Tegucigalpa time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Choloma. Green dots: other major cities of Honduras. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Choloma has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 30°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 19°C (66°F). Around 1,546 mm (61 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
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
- San Pedro Sula · 14 km
- Puerto Cortez · 24 km
- Siguatepeque · 114 km
- La Ceiba · 121 km
- La Ceiba · 126 km
- Tegucigalpa · 188 km
- Danlí · 229 km
- Catacamas · 236 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3613533 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q25280349 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Choloma: JVC3ETA, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)