La Ceiba
City in Honduras: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
La Ceiba: Made by RichardWeiss's wife Beverly (1972-2018) and originally released with her full agreement, RichardWeiss now owns h, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
La Ceiba is a city in Honduras, in Atlántida Department. About 222,055 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Honduras in our atlas.
It lies at 15.76° N, 86.78° W, about 14 m (46 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Tegucigalpa time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: La Ceiba. Green dots: other major cities of Honduras. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
La Ceiba has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 30°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 23°C (73°F). Around 2,069 mm (81 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
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
- La Ceiba · 6 km
- Puerto Cortez · 123 km
- Choloma · 126 km
- San Pedro Sula · 136 km
- Catacamas · 138 km
- Siguatepeque · 171 km
- Tegucigalpa · 192 km
- Danlí · 193 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3608248 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q25277257 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- La Ceiba: Made by RichardWeiss's wife Beverly (1972-2018) and originally released with her full agreement, RichardWeiss now owns h, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)