Climate averages 1991–2020
Chinandega weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Chinandega: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 249 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is León, Nicaragua (35 km away). In August its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Chinandega, with 231 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Chinandega ranks 2nd of 7 for the warmest August highs and 7th of 7 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 7 cities is 29.9°C; Chinandega is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 249 mm to 384 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- León, Nicaragua in AugustNicaragua · 35 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 231 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in AugustHonduras · 75 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 286 mm rain
- Estelí in AugustNicaragua · 99 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 150 mm rain
- Managua in AugustNicaragua · 110 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Masaya in AugustNicaragua · 134 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 140 mm rain
- Matagalpa in AugustNicaragua · 136 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 113 mm rain
- San Miguel, El Salvador in AugustEl Salvador · 148 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 271 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in AugustNicaragua · 150 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 140 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.