Climate averages 1991–2020
Chinandega weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Chinandega: daytime highs average 33.2°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes February a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is León, Nicaragua (35 km away). In February its highs average 33.5°C, about as warm as Chinandega, with 2.0 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Chinandega ranks 3rd of 7 for the warmest February highs and 3rd of 7 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 7 cities is 31.1°C; Chinandega is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 33.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.1 mm to 5.3 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- León, Nicaragua in FebruaryNicaragua · 35 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in FebruaryHonduras · 75 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Estelí in FebruaryNicaragua · 99 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Managua in FebruaryNicaragua · 110 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Masaya in FebruaryNicaragua · 134 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Matagalpa in FebruaryNicaragua · 136 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.7°C · 6.2 mm rain
- San Miguel, El Salvador in FebruaryEl Salvador · 148 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in FebruaryNicaragua · 150 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 2.3 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.