Climate averages 1991–2020
Chinandega weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: one of the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Chinandega: daytime highs average 33.8°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is León, Nicaragua (35 km away). In April its highs average 33.9°C, about as warm as Chinandega, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Chinandega ranks 3rd of 7 for the warmest April highs and joint 5th of 7 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 7 cities is 32.9°C; Chinandega is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 266 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Chinandega climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 11.511 h |
| February | 33.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| March | 33.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 5.3 | 1.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 33.8°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 36 | 7.5 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.8°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 266 | 21.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 30.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 326 | 23.0 | 12.913 h |
| July | 31.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 167 | 17.2 | 12.813 h |
| August | 31.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 249 | 22.5 | 12.513 h |
| September | 29.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 384 | 26.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 373 | 24.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 80 | 9.1 | 11.612 h |
| December | 31.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 6.3 | 1.7 | 11.411 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- León, Nicaragua in AprilNicaragua · 35 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in AprilHonduras · 75 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Estelí in AprilNicaragua · 99 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Managua in AprilNicaragua · 110 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Masaya in AprilNicaragua · 134 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Matagalpa in AprilNicaragua · 136 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 35 mm rain
- San Miguel, El Salvador in AprilEl Salvador · 148 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in AprilNicaragua · 150 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 20 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chinandega) is explained once on the Chinandega year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.