Climate averages 1991–2020
León, Nicaragua weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in León, Nicaragua: daytime highs average 33.9°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chinandega (35 km away). In April its highs average 33.8°C, about as warm as León, Nicaragua, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, León, Nicaragua ranks 2nd of 7 for the warmest April highs and 7th of 7 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 7 cities is 32.9°C; León, Nicaragua is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 281 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
León, Nicaragua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 3.5 | 0.8 | 11.511 h |
| February | 33.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 2.0 | 0.7 | 11.712 h |
| March | 34.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 5.7 | 1.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 33.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 38 | 7.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.6°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 281 | 21.2 | 12.713 h |
| June | 30.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 278 | 22.9 | 12.813 h |
| July | 31.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 149 | 16.5 | 12.813 h |
| August | 31.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 231 | 22.8 | 12.513 h |
| September | 29.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 370 | 27.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 409 | 25.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 115 | 12.6 | 11.612 h |
| December | 31.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 8.1 | 2.3 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Chinandega in AprilNicaragua · 35 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 26.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Managua in AprilNicaragua · 76 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Estelí in AprilNicaragua · 93 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Masaya in AprilNicaragua · 99 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in AprilHonduras · 102 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in AprilNicaragua · 115 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Matagalpa in AprilNicaragua · 118 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Danlí in AprilHonduras · 181 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 32 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 León) is explained once on the León, Nicaragua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.