Climate averages 1991–2020
Chinandega weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Chinandega: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 266 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is León, Nicaragua (35 km away). In May its highs average 31.6°C, about as warm as Chinandega, with 281 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Chinandega ranks 2nd of 7 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 7 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 7 cities is 31.0°C; Chinandega is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 266 mm to 326 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- León, Nicaragua in MayNicaragua · 35 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 281 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in MayHonduras · 75 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 323 mm rain
- Estelí in MayNicaragua · 99 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 231 mm rain
- Managua in MayNicaragua · 110 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 146 mm rain
- Masaya in MayNicaragua · 134 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 175 mm rain
- Matagalpa in MayNicaragua · 136 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 196 mm rain
- San Miguel, El Salvador in MayEl Salvador · 148 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.0°C · 258 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in MayNicaragua · 150 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 175 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.