Americas

Central America

8 countries and territories in Central America.

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On the map

The countries of Central America

Countries

The countries of Central America

Countries of Central America: capital, currency, plugs, driving side and calling code
Country	Capital	Currency	Plugs	Driving	Calling code
Belize	Belmopan	BZD	A B G	Right	+501
Costa Rica	San José	CRC	A B	Right	+506
El Salvador	San Salvador	USD	A B	Right	+503
Guatemala	Guatemala City	GTQ	A B	Right	+502
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	HNL	A B	Right	+504
Mexico	Mexico City	MXN	A B	Right	+52
Nicaragua	Managua	NIO	A B	Right	+505
Panama	Panama City	PAB	A B	Right	+507

When to go

The capitals' weather, month by month

Each country's capital as GeoNames records it (or its largest city where the capital has no figures), mean daily high by month.

Mild to warm and dry
Mild to warm, humid or showery
Hot
Cool
Wet
Cold

Mean daily high in each capital by month, with what the month is like
Country	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
BelizeBelmopan	27°	29°	32°	34°	33°	30°	30°	30°	30°	28°	27°	27°
Costa RicaSan José	27°	28°	30°	30°	28°	26°	27°	27°	26°	25°	26°	26°
El SalvadorSan Salvador	30°	31°	31°	31°	30°	29°	30°	29°	28°	28°	29°	29°
GuatemalaGuatemala City	26°	28°	30°	30°	28°	25°	26°	25°	25°	24°	24°	24°
HondurasTegucigalpa	28°	30°	32°	33°	30°	27°	28°	29°	27°	26°	26°	27°
MexicoMexico City	18°	21°	23°	25°	25°	23°	21°	20°	19°	19°	19°	18°
NicaraguaManagua	32°	33°	35°	35°	33°	30°	30°	31°	30°	29°	29°	31°
PanamaPanama City	29°	30°	31°	31°	30°	29°	29°	29°	29°	28°	28°	29°

Mean daily highs, modelled for an area about 50 km across: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. A cell's swatch says what the month is like (key above).

Cities