Climate averages 1991–2020
Estelí weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Estelí: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matagalpa (51 km away). In January its highs average 26.6°C, 1.1°C cooler than Estelí, with 8.6 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Estelí ranks 6th of 7 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 7 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 7 cities is 30.2°C; Estelí is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.1 mm to 2.6 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Matagalpa in JanuaryNicaragua · 51 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in JanuaryHonduras · 92 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 1.5 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in JanuaryNicaragua · 93 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Chinandega in JanuaryNicaragua · 99 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Managua in JanuaryNicaragua · 107 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Danlí in JanuaryHonduras · 107 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Masaya in JanuaryNicaragua · 128 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in JanuaryNicaragua · 136 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.3°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 Estelí) is explained once on the Estelí year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.