Honduras
Climate
Honduras is warm and tropical, hotter on the coasts and cooler in the mountains. Average highs are about 78F to 90F (26C to 32C). The rainy season is May to November and the dry season is December to April.
Main industries
Coffee and bananas are the top exports, along with palm oil, shrimp, and clothing factories. Honduras is one of the world's largest coffee growers.
Top places for tourists
The grand Maya ruins of Copan with their carved stone monuments, the island of Roatan with its coral reefs, and the wild rainforest of the Mosquitia.
Places of interest
The Bay Islands for diving, the colonial silver-mining town of Gracias, and the hieroglyphic stairway of Copan with the longest Maya inscription known.
A little history
Copan was a great Maya city long ago. Honduras was a Spanish colony and won its independence in 1821.
Fun fact
The money is named the lempira after a brave Indigenous chief who fought the Spanish, and the scarlet macaw was sacred to the ancient Maya of Copan.