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Roatán in January

okbusy · worth considering · the coolest month of the year

The year in Roatán

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  1. Roatán in January: ok
  2. Roatán in February: good
  3. Roatán in March: good
  4. Roatán in April: sweet spot
  5. Roatán in May: sweet spot
  6. Roatán in June: sweet spot
  7. Roatán in July: sweet spot
  8. Roatán in August: sweet spot
  9. Roatán in September: sweet spot
  10. Roatán in October: avoid
  11. Roatán in November: ok
  12. Roatán in December: ok
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
January at Roatán is 26°C by day and 25°C at night, with 10 rainy days and about 10 hours of sun a day. Busier than usual.

The numbers

Daily high26°C
Nightly low25°C
Feels like, afternoon29°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more10 · 171 mm
Humidity79%
Sunshine9.8 h/day
Daylight11.3 h/day
Crowds50 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at Coxen Hole, near West End: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

January: busier than usual. Busiest in February and March; quietest in September and October.

Public holidays in January

Holidays crowd a place out and push fares up around them; they count toward the crowd score above.

Roatán in pictures

What to pack

  • Summer clothes by day, highs around 26°C.
  • A packable rain jacket for the 10 or so rainy days.
  • Sun protection: about 10 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 79%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

Cost of livingcheap — prices run about 46% of the United States' (World Bank, 2025)
CurrencyHonduran lempira
LanguagesSpanish
PlugsType A and B, 110 V
DrivingOn the right
Calling code+504
Travel advice No advice against travel — UK Foreign Office, updated 2026-07-29
HealthUK Foreign Office health advice

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), the UK Foreign Office (Open Government Licence) and the World Bank, refreshed 2026-10-10. The advisory is written for British travellers; entry rules depend on your passport.

On arrival in Roatán: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

January elsewhere

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