Lake · Honduras
Lake Yojoa
Lake in Honduras
- Area
- 79.0km²
- Max depth
- 15m
- Average depth
- 42m
- Elevation
- 638m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 49km
- Volume
- 3.3km³
Lake Yojoa is a lake in Honduras. It covers 79.0 km². On average it is 42 m deep, and 15 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 638 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lake Yojoa?
The water is warmest in July, around 28 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 25 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from January to December: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 31 °C on average in April and 24 °C in December. The driest month is March (39 mm of rain), the wettest September (200 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (84 readings). Shallow bays and beaches are often warmer.
From above
The whole lake from space
Month by month
The year at the lake, month by month
Not a forecast: these are averages over many years. Water is the 2013–2021 average; air, rain, sun and wind are the 1991–2020 average.
Water: 2013–2021 averageClimate: 1991–2020 average
| Month | Water°C | Water high°C | Air high°C | Air low°C | Rainmm | Rainy daysdays | Sunh/day | Windkm/h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25 | 25 | 25 | 16 | 63 | 11 | 4.5 | 5 |
| February | 25 | 25 | 27 | 16 | 48 | 8 | 6.1 | 5 |
| March | 26 | 26 | 29 | 17 | 39 | 7 | 7.0 | 5 |
| April | 27 | 27 | 31 | 19 | 41 | 8 | 7.4 | 4 |
| May | 27 | 28 | 30 | 20 | 122 | 17 | 6.5 | 4 |
| June | 28 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 184 | 23 | 6.4 | 3 |
| July | 28 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 149 | 22 | 6.6 | 4 |
| August | 28 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 162 | 22 | 6.9 | 3 |
| September | 27 | 27 | 27 | 20 | 200 | 24 | 6.6 | 3 |
| October | 26 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 166 | 20 | 4.9 | 4 |
| November | 26 | 26 | 25 | 17 | 111 | 16 | 4.0 | 5 |
| December | 25 | 25 | 24 | 16 | 70 | 14 | 4.5 | 4 |
Water: LakeTEMP (Landsat 8, 2013–2021). Air, rain, sun and wind: NASA POWER, 1991–2020 averages. A rainy day has at least 1 mm of rain. Sunshine hours are derived from measured solar radiation.
Size & depth
How big, how deep
- On average, water stays in the lake for about 14 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 302 km² of land.
- About 7.5 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Yojoa
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- —beaches and swimming spots
- —campsites
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 1marinas and slipways
Honduyate
- —ferry piers
- 4viewpoints
Los Naranjos View, Lake View, Bird Watching Tower
- 3hotels, B&Bs and chalets
El Clavijo del Lago, Hotel Las Cabañitas Del Lago, Hostel Azul del Largo (actual location)
- —fishing spots
- 54restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Los Naranjos1,684 people
- El Tigre1,435 people
- La Guama1,242 people
- Agua Azul1,079 people
- Agua Azul Rancho1,043 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP), 64 km in a straight line.
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Recent years
How each month compared
Afternoon high on the shore. The first row is the reference, the 1991–2020 average in °C; the years below show the difference from it: warmer in orange, cooler in blue.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–2020 average | 24.6 | 26.9 | 29.0 | 31.1 | 30.1 | 28.0 | 27.7 | 27.7 | 27.0 | 25.9 | 24.6 | 24.5 |
| 2020 | +2.3 | +2.2 | +1.1 | +3.2 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +1.1 | −0.4 | ±0.0 | −0.1 | ±0.0 | −1.0 |
| 2021 | −0.6 | −1.7 | −2.7 | −3.2 | −1.0 | −1.2 | −0.8 | −0.8 | +0.1 | +0.9 | −1.0 | −0.1 |
| 2022 | −0.7 | −2.5 | −2.2 | −1.1 | −2.2 | −1.9 | −1.2 | −1.3 | −1.1 | −0.1 | +0.7 | −0.6 |
| 2023 | −0.2 | −1.6 | −0.3 | +0.6 | +1.0 | +2.2 | +0.7 | +0.9 | +1.9 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +0.2 |
| 2024 | +1.9 | +1.6 | +3.3 | +1.5 | +4.7 | +0.9 | −0.5 | −0.4 | +0.7 | +0.2 | +0.6 | −0.8 |
| 2025 | −0.2 | −0.5 | +0.5 | −1.1 | +3.1 | +0.1 | +0.9 | +2.4 | +1.6 | +0.6 | +1.3 | +1.5 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Nearby
More lakes nearby
Guatemala670 km² · 146 km away30°maxLaguna de Los MicosHonduras37.0 km² · 110 km away31°maxLake Ilopango
El Salvador69.3 km² · 177 km away29°maxLake GüijaEl Salvador36.3 km² · 180 km away29°maxCoatepeque CalderaEl Salvador23.5 km² · 203 km away27°maxPunta Ycacos Lagoon
Belize5.5 km² · 171 km away29°maxAbout these numbers
| Outline, area, depth, volume | HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|
| Water temperature and ice | LakeTEMP v1 (Korver et al. 2024), Landsat 8 2013–2021 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Air, rain, sun, wind | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 · public domain |
| Names and description | Wikidata (Q1305720) · CC0 |
| Around the shore | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
