Climate averages 1991–2020
León, Nicaragua weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in León, Nicaragua: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 149 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes July a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chinandega (35 km away). In July its highs average 31.9°C, about as warm as León, Nicaragua, with 167 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, León, Nicaragua ranks 2nd of 7 for the warmest July highs and 6th of 7 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 7 cities is 29.7°C; León, Nicaragua is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 149 mm to 231 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Chinandega in JulyNicaragua · 35 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Managua in JulyNicaragua · 76 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Estelí in JulyNicaragua · 93 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Masaya in JulyNicaragua · 99 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in JulyHonduras · 102 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 159 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in JulyNicaragua · 115 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Matagalpa in JulyNicaragua · 118 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 81 mm rain
- Danlí in JulyHonduras · 181 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 112 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.