Climate averages 1991–2020
Chinandega weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Chinandega: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is León, Nicaragua (35 km away). In December its highs average 31.6°C, about as warm as Chinandega, with 8.1 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Chinandega ranks joint 2nd of 7 for the warmest December highs and joint 2nd of 7 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 7 cities is 29.6°C; Chinandega is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.3 mm to 1.9 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- León, Nicaragua in DecemberNicaragua · 35 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in DecemberHonduras · 75 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Estelí in DecemberNicaragua · 99 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Managua in DecemberNicaragua · 110 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Masaya in DecemberNicaragua · 134 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Matagalpa in DecemberNicaragua · 136 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 13 mm rain
- San Miguel, El Salvador in DecemberEl Salvador · 148 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in DecemberNicaragua · 150 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 9.3 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.