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Travel and Tourism in Honduras
Travel alerts, currency, climate, transit, health, and safety information for visitors to Honduras.
Practical Information
Travel alert status, currency, climate, and transit details.
- Travel Alert Status
- Level 3: Reconsider Travel
- Time Difference
- UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)
- Currency
- Lempira (HNL)
- Climate
- The climate in Honduras varies between the mountainous interior and the coastal lowlands and between the Pacific and Caribbean coasts. The interior is much cooler than the humid coast, and temperate Tegucigalpa has maximum temperatures averaging between 77°F and 86°F. The rainy season technically begins in May and lasts until October. This means that the interior and Pacific coast are relatively dry between November and April, but on the Caribbean coast it rains all year. The wettest months on the Caribbean coast are from September/October to January/February.
- Language(s) Spoken
- Spanish (official), Amerindian dialects
- Ethnic Groups
- Mestizo (mixed Indigenous and European) 90%, Indigenous 7%, African descent 2%, White 1%
- National Holiday
- Independence Day, 15 September (1821)
- Geographic Coordinates
- 15 00 N, 86 30 W
- Location
- Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua
- Airports
- 115
Destinations
Regions and cities, top sights, national parks, UNESCO sites, and festivals for visitors.
The Bay Islands
Strung along the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea approximately 60 kilometers off the northern coast of Honduras, the Bay Islands, known in Spanish as Islas de la Bahia, are among the finest diving and snorkeling destinations in the entire Caribbean basin and indeed in the world. The three main inhabited islands, Roatan, Utila, and Guanaja, each have distinct personalities and cater to somewhat different types of visitors, but all share the extraordinary natural resource of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, the second largest barrier reef system in the world after Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, also known as the Belize Barrier Reef System, extends for over 1,000 kilometers from the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico southward through Belize and Guatemala to the Bay Islands of Honduras. Along the Honduran coast, the reef system reaches its southern terminus and is characterized by dramatic underwater topography including steep walls that drop hundreds of meters, coral gardens of extraordinary richness and diversity, and the marine megafauna that depend on reef ecosystems for their survival.
Health and Safety
Medical facilities, vaccinations, disease risk, and sanitation conditions.
Medical care in Honduras varies greatly in quality and availability. Outside of Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula, medical care is inadequate to address complex situations. Support staff facilities and necessary equipment and supplies are not up to U.S. standards anywhere in Honduras. Facilities for advanced surgical procedures are not available. Wide areas of the country, including the popular tourist areas of the Bay Islands, do not have a general surgery hospital.