Climate averages 1991–2020
Granada, Nicaragua weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Granada, Nicaragua: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Masaya (16 km away). In December its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Granada, Nicaragua, with 9.3 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Granada, Nicaragua ranks 4th of 7 for the warmest December highs and joint 5th of 7 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 7 cities is 29.6°C; Granada, Nicaragua is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.3 mm to 3.4 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Granada, Nicaragua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 3.4 | 0.9 | 11.512 h |
| February | 30.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 2.3 | 0.7 | 11.712 h |
| March | 31.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 3.4 | 0.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 20 | 4.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 175 | 18.5 | 12.713 h |
| June | 29.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 191 | 24.6 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 115 | 20.8 | 12.813 h |
| August | 29.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 140 | 22.3 | 12.513 h |
| September | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 196 | 25.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 221 | 25.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 68 | 10.9 | 11.612 h |
| December, selected | 29.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 9.3 | 2.4 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Masaya in DecemberNicaragua · 16 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Managua in DecemberNicaragua · 39 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Matagalpa in DecemberNicaragua · 111 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 13 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in DecemberNicaragua · 115 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Estelí in DecemberNicaragua · 136 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Chinandega in DecemberNicaragua · 150 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in DecemberHonduras · 203 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Danlí in DecemberHonduras · 244 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 19 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 Granada) is explained once on the Granada, Nicaragua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Masaya lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.