Climate averages 1991–2020
Estelí weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Estelí: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 248 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matagalpa (51 km away). In October its highs average 26.6°C, about as warm as Estelí, with 190 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Estelí ranks 7th of 7 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 7 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 7 cities is 28.4°C; Estelí is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 248 mm to 55 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Matagalpa in OctoberNicaragua · 51 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 190 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in OctoberHonduras · 92 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 396 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in OctoberNicaragua · 93 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 409 mm rain
- Chinandega in OctoberNicaragua · 99 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 373 mm rain
- Managua in OctoberNicaragua · 107 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 187 mm rain
- Danlí in OctoberHonduras · 107 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 190 mm rain
- Masaya in OctoberNicaragua · 128 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 221 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in OctoberNicaragua · 136 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 Estelí) is explained once on the Estelí year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.