Region · Honduras

Best time to visit Yoro Department

This guide covers 3 destinations in Yoro Department, a first-level administrative division of Honduras. The largest by population are El Progreso, Olanchito and Yoro. Across its destinations, January and February are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Golosón International Airport (LCE).

Destinations in this guide
3
Comfortable in the most places
January and February
Main airport
LCEGolosón International Airport
Currency
HNLHonduran lempira
Time zone
America/Tegucigalpa

Destinations

Destinations in Yoro Department

Every destination in this guide in Yoro Department, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.

DestinationPopulationPlaces to stayBest monthsNearest airport
El Progreso188,366SAP · 13 km
Olanchito104,609December to FebruaryLCE · 42 km
Yoro86,665January to MarchLCE · 73 km

When to go

Best time to visit Yoro Department

From the climate of 3 destinations in Yoro Department with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: January and February.

MonthComfortable destinationsTypical highTypical rainfall
January2 of 326 °C78 mm
February2 of 327 °C46 mm
March1 of 329 °C42 mm
April0 of 330 °C48 mm
May0 of 331 °C147 mm
June0 of 330 °C232 mm
July0 of 329 °C193 mm
August0 of 330 °C202 mm
September0 of 330 °C226 mm
October0 of 329 °C235 mm
November0 of 327 °C149 mm
December1 of 326 °C96 mm

Typical = the median across the destinations. 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

Airports serving Yoro Department

The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Yoro Department name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.

medium airport · La Ceiba

LCE · Golosón International Airport

Nearest for 2 destinationsNamed by 3 destinations42 km from the closest
large airport · San Pedro Sula

SAP · Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport

Nearest for 1 destinationNamed by 2 destinations13 km from the closest
medium airport · Puerto Barrios, Guatemala

PBR · Puerto Barrios Airport

Named by 1 destination90 km from the closest
large airport · Coxen Hole

RTB · Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport

Named by 1 destination93 km from the closest
large airport · Palmerola

XPL · Palmerola International Airport

Named by 1 destination100 km from the closest
medium airport · Guanaja

GJA · La Laguna Airport

Named by 1 destination129 km from the closest

Good to know

Public holidays in Yoro Department, 2026

Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).

Nationwide in Honduras

1 Jan · New Year's Day2 Apr · Maundy Thursday3 Apr · Good Friday4 Apr · Holy Saturday14 Apr · Panamerican Day1 May · Labor Day15 Sept · Independence Day7 Oct · Morazan Weekend8 Oct · Morazan Weekend9 Oct · Morazan Weekend25 Dec · Christmas Day

Nearby

Regions near Yoro Department

Other regions of Honduras with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.

Honduras travel guide · All regions of Honduras

Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT). A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.