Puerto Cortez
City in Honduras: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Puerto Cortez is a city in Honduras, in Cortés Department. About 142,311 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Honduras in our atlas.
It lies at 15.83° N, 87.93° W, about 10 m (33 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Tegucigalpa time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Puerto Cortez. Green dots: other major cities of Honduras. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Puerto Cortez has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 29°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 23°C (73°F). Around 1,785 mm (70 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
- Choloma · 24 km
- San Pedro Sula · 37 km
- La Ceiba · 117 km
- La Ceiba · 123 km
- Siguatepeque · 137 km
- Tegucigalpa · 208 km
- Catacamas · 243 km
- Danlí · 245 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3600026 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q25267317 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.