Climate averages 1991–2020
Estelí weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Estelí: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matagalpa (51 km away). In April its highs average 30.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Estelí, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Estelí ranks 6th of 7 for the warmest April highs and joint 5th of 7 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 7 cities is 32.9°C; Estelí is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 231 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Estelí climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 3.1 | 0.7 | 11.411 h |
| February | 28.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 2.6 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| March | 30.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 6.2 | 1.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 31.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 36 | 5.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 29.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 231 | 17.8 | 12.713 h |
| June | 27.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 187 | 21.0 | 12.913 h |
| July | 27.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 83 | 14.6 | 12.813 h |
| August | 28.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 150 | 18.9 | 12.613 h |
| September | 27.3°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 227 | 23.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 26.3°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 248 | 22.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 26.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 55 | 8.7 | 11.512 h |
| December | 27.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 6.3 | 1.6 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Matagalpa in AprilNicaragua · 51 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in AprilHonduras · 92 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 47 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in AprilNicaragua · 93 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Chinandega in AprilNicaragua · 99 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 26.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Managua in AprilNicaragua · 107 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Danlí in AprilHonduras · 107 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Masaya in AprilNicaragua · 128 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in AprilNicaragua · 136 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 20 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 Estelí) is explained once on the Estelí year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.