Climate averages 1991–2020
Estelí weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Estelí: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matagalpa (51 km away). In July its highs average 26.9°C, 0.8°C cooler than Estelí, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Estelí ranks 6th of 7 for the warmest July highs and 3rd of 7 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 7 cities is 29.7°C; Estelí is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 83 mm to 150 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Matagalpa in JulyNicaragua · 51 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 81 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in JulyHonduras · 92 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 159 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in JulyNicaragua · 93 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 149 mm rain
- Chinandega in JulyNicaragua · 99 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Managua in JulyNicaragua · 107 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Danlí in JulyHonduras · 107 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Masaya in JulyNicaragua · 128 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in JulyNicaragua · 136 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 115 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.