Climate averages 1991–2020
Chinandega weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Chinandega: daytime highs average 33.8°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 5.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is León, Nicaragua (35 km away). In March its highs average 34.1°C, about as warm as Chinandega, with 5.7 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Chinandega ranks 3rd of 7 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 7 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 7 cities is 32.2°C; Chinandega is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 33.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.3 mm to 36 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- León, Nicaragua in MarchNicaragua · 35 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in MarchHonduras · 75 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Estelí in MarchNicaragua · 99 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Managua in MarchNicaragua · 110 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Masaya in MarchNicaragua · 134 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Matagalpa in MarchNicaragua · 136 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 8.1 mm rain
- San Miguel, El Salvador in MarchEl Salvador · 148 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in MarchNicaragua · 150 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 3.4 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.