Tegucigalpa
Capital of Honduras: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Centro historico de Tegucigalpa y Comayagüela: Luis Alfredo Romero, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Tegucigalpa is the capital of Honduras, in Francisco Morazán Department. About 850,848 people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Honduras in our atlas.
It lies at 14.08° N, 87.21° W, about 944 m (3,097 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Tegucigalpa time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Tegucigalpa. Green dots: other major cities of Honduras. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Tegucigalpa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 33°C (91°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 16°C (60°F). Around 1,167 mm (46 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in HondurasNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Danlí · 67 km
- Siguatepeque · 88 km
- Catacamas · 165 km
- San Pedro Sula · 181 km
- Choloma · 188 km
- La Ceiba · 191 km
- La Ceiba · 192 km
- Puerto Cortez · 209 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3600949 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q3238 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Centro historico de Tegucigalpa y Comayagüela: Luis Alfredo Romero, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)