Climate averages 1991–2020
Chinandega weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Chinandega: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 373 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is León, Nicaragua (35 km away). In October its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Chinandega, with 409 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Chinandega ranks 2nd of 7 for the warmest October highs and 6th of 7 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 7 cities is 28.4°C; Chinandega is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 373 mm to 80 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- León, Nicaragua in OctoberNicaragua · 35 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 409 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in OctoberHonduras · 75 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 396 mm rain
- Estelí in OctoberNicaragua · 99 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 248 mm rain
- Managua in OctoberNicaragua · 110 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 187 mm rain
- Masaya in OctoberNicaragua · 134 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 221 mm rain
- Matagalpa in OctoberNicaragua · 136 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 190 mm rain
- San Miguel, El Salvador in OctoberEl Salvador · 148 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 304 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in OctoberNicaragua · 150 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 221 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.