Climate averages 1991–2020

Granada, Nicaragua weather
in March.

A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 31.2°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 23.7°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 3.4 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Granada · average highYear overview

March is a hot month in Granada, Nicaragua: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 3.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Masaya (16 km away). In March its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as Granada, Nicaragua, with 3.4 mm of rain.

Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Granada, Nicaragua ranks 5th of 7 for the warmest March highs and joint 2nd of 7 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 7 cities is 32.2°C; Granada, Nicaragua is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.4 mm to 20 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Granada, Nicaragua, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 29.6°C23.3°C23.3°C3.40.911.512 h
February 30.3°C23.4°C23.4°C2.30.711.712 h
March, selected 31.2°C23.7°C23.7°C3.40.912.112 h
April 32.1°C24.8°C24.8°C204.312.412 h
May 31.0°C25.0°C25.0°C17518.512.713 h
June 29.5°C24.8°C24.8°C19124.612.813 h
July 29.3°C24.7°C24.7°C11520.812.813 h
August 29.6°C24.7°C24.7°C14022.312.513 h
September 29.4°C24.5°C24.5°C19625.912.212 h
October 28.9°C24.2°C24.2°C22125.211.912 h
November 28.9°C24.2°C24.2°C6810.911.612 h
December 29.3°C23.8°C23.8°C9.32.411.411 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

March in nearby cities

Distance from Granada

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 limits

How 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.