Climate averages 1991–2020
Estelí weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Estelí: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matagalpa (51 km away). In August its highs average 27.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Estelí, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Estelí ranks 6th of 7 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 7 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 7 cities is 29.9°C; Estelí is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 150 mm to 227 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Matagalpa in AugustNicaragua · 51 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 113 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in AugustHonduras · 92 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 286 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in AugustNicaragua · 93 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 231 mm rain
- Chinandega in AugustNicaragua · 99 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 249 mm rain
- Managua in AugustNicaragua · 107 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Danlí in AugustHonduras · 107 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 128 mm rain
- Masaya in AugustNicaragua · 128 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 140 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in AugustNicaragua · 136 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 140 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.