Climate averages 1991–2020
Chinandega weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Chinandega: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 167 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes July a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is León, Nicaragua (35 km away). In July its highs average 31.8°C, about as warm as Chinandega, with 149 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Chinandega ranks 1st of 7 for the warmest July highs and 7th of 7 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 7 cities is 29.7°C; Chinandega is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 167 mm to 249 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- León, Nicaragua in JulyNicaragua · 35 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 149 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in JulyHonduras · 75 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 159 mm rain
- Estelí in JulyNicaragua · 99 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Managua in JulyNicaragua · 110 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Masaya in JulyNicaragua · 134 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Matagalpa in JulyNicaragua · 136 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 81 mm rain
- San Miguel, El Salvador in JulyEl Salvador · 148 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 194 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in JulyNicaragua · 150 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 115 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.