Managua climate

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Managua is warmest in April, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 23 °C. October is the wettest month (207 mm) and February the driest (1.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Managua averages 948 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Nicaragua · population 973,087 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month April 36 °C
Coldest month January 23 °C
Driest month February 2 mm
Wettest month October 207 mm
Least cloud February 24 % cloud
Hottest on record April 40 °C
Coldest on record November 19 °C

What to expectManagua through the year

Managua has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 33 °C in January to 36 °C in April, a swing of 3.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 318 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 207 mm against 2 mm in February — 117 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	32.7 °C	2 mm	26 %
February	33.6 °C	2 mm	24 %
March	34.9 °C	2 mm	27 %
April	35.6 °C	13 mm	44 %
May	33.2 °C	152 mm	72 %
June	31.1 °C	155 mm	79 %
July	31.4 °C	75 mm	72 %
August	31.7 °C	113 mm	71 %
September	30.9 °C	170 mm	77 %
October	30.1 °C	207 mm	75 %
November	30.9 °C	50 mm	56 %
December	32.1 °C	7 mm	33 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	32.7 °C	23.2 °C	27.2 °C	36.0 °C	20.6 °C	31	31
February	33.6 °C	23.2 °C	27.8 °C	37.8 °C	20.3 °C	28	28
March	34.9 °C	23.7 °C	28.7 °C	38.4 °C	20.0 °C	31	31
April	35.6 °C	24.9 °C	29.7 °C	39.5 °C	22.4 °C	30	30
May	33.2 °C	25.0 °C	28.4 °C	38.7 °C	22.6 °C	31	27
June	31.1 °C	24.6 °C	27.2 °C	35.2 °C	22.8 °C	30	24
July	31.4 °C	24.6 °C	27.4 °C	35.2 °C	22.6 °C	31	26
August	31.7 °C	24.6 °C	27.5 °C	36.6 °C	22.9 °C	31	27
September	30.9 °C	24.2 °C	26.8 °C	35.5 °C	22.8 °C	30	22
October	30.1 °C	23.9 °C	26.3 °C	34.1 °C	21.4 °C	31	18
November	30.9 °C	23.7 °C	26.8 °C	34.8 °C	19.0 °C	30	23
December	32.1 °C	23.6 °C	27.2 °C	35.7 °C	20.0 °C	31	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	2 mm	0	11 h/day	26 %	62 %	26 km/h
February	2 mm	1	12 h/day	24 %	60 %	26 km/h
March	2 mm	1	12 h/day	27 %	57 %	24 km/h
April	13 mm	3	12 h/day	44 %	58 %	21 km/h
May	152 mm	15	13 h/day	72 %	72 %	17 km/h
June	155 mm	20	13 h/day	79 %	81 %	18 km/h
July	75 mm	13	13 h/day	72 %	76 %	22 km/h
August	113 mm	16	13 h/day	71 %	77 %	19 km/h
September	170 mm	23	12 h/day	77 %	82 %	15 km/h
October	207 mm	22	12 h/day	75 %	84 %	14 km/h
November	50 mm	7	12 h/day	56 %	75 %	18 km/h
December	7 mm	1	11 h/day	33 %	66 %	23 km/h

How Managua compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Managua	36 °C	23 °C	948 mm	365
Danlí · Honduras	32 °C	18 °C	1,111 mm	335
Tegucigalpa · Honduras	31 °C	17 °C	1,470 mm	322
San Miguel · El Salvador	36 °C	22 °C	1,766 mm	365

Where Managua ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in North America in April	1st of 50	36 °C
The driest places in North America in January	2nd of 50	1.8 mm
The warmest places in North America in December	2nd of 50	32 °C
The warmest places in North America in February	2nd of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in North America in January	2nd of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in North America in March	2nd of 50	35 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Managua.

QuestionsCommon questions about Managua’s climate

When is the best time to visit Managua?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. September, October, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, April is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Managua get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 318 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 23 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Managua?

October, averaging 207 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is February with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 948 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Managua rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 12.133°, -86.250° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.