Cortés Department · Honduras
Puerto Cortés travel guide
Puerto Cortés is a city in Cortés Department, Honduras, home to about 122,000 people.
- Nearest airport
- SAP44 km · Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
- Currency
- HNLHonduran lempira
- Time zone
- America/Tegucigalpa
- Language
- Spanish
When to go
The best time to visit Puerto Cortés
Puerto Cortés has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 33 °C; October is the wettest, with about 380 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Puerto Cortés: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP), about 44 km from the city centre in a straight line; Puerto Barrios Airport (PBR, 70 km) and Placencia Airport (PLJ, 88 km) are also within reach.
SAP · Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
PBR · Puerto Barrios Airport
PLJ · Placencia Airport
Questions
Puerto Cortés: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Puerto Cortés?
Puerto Cortés has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 33 °C; October is the wettest, with about 380 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Puerto Cortés?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP), about 44 km from the city centre in a straight line; Puerto Barrios Airport (PBR, 70 km) and Placencia Airport (PLJ, 88 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Puerto Cortés?
Honduran lempira (HNL).
Nearby
Destinations near Puerto Cortés
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.