Het weer in Copán (Copán Ruinas) in december

Forum posters name December as one of the nicest months to visit El Salvador - the rainy season has ended but the countryside stays vividly green rather than turning dusty and brown, with pleasant, comfortable temperatures throughout. Posters describe the dry season starting around November as bringing sunny days in the high-70s to low-80sF with essentially no humidity, a pattern that continues into December and holds through the broader November-to-April/May dry-season window posters consistently recommend for the country overall. Posters describe Suchitoto itself as a lovely, colorful, walkable colonial town with strong culinary options - a favorite early stop for visitors arriving right as the dry season begins.

Copán Ruinas forum posters are consistent that July, though squarely in the rainy season, doesn't mean a lost day: mornings are usually clear and pleasant for touring the ruins, with the rain typically arriving as a dramatic hour-or-two downpour in the late afternoon or evening. One traveler specifically said full-day rain or drizzle was rare during their visit. The advice that comes up again and again is to plan ruins-and-outdoor time for the morning and treat the afternoon storm as a good excuse for a long lunch, since it genuinely shouldn't derail a trip.

Forum posters describe November through March as a genuinely nice stretch here, with January - the coolest month of the year - still comfortably mild rather than cold, thanks to the town's highland setting keeping temperatures well short of the lowland heat found elsewhere in Honduras. Posters consistently recommend staying in Copan Ruinas town itself rather than the outskirts, calling it a pleasant, walkable base for exploring the nearby Maya ruins. One forum thread specifically discusses planning a January/February trip to Honduras as a winter escape, with posters framing this window as a reliable, comfortable choice for ruins-focused sightseeing.