Climate averages 1991–2020
León, Nicaragua weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in León, Nicaragua: daytime highs average 34.1°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 5.7 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 3rd 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 Chinandega (35 km away). In March its highs average 33.8°C, about as warm as León, Nicaragua, with 5.3 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, León, Nicaragua ranks 2nd of 7 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 7 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 7 cities is 32.2°C; León, Nicaragua is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 33.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.7 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Chinandega in MarchNicaragua · 35 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Managua in MarchNicaragua · 76 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Estelí in MarchNicaragua · 93 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Masaya in MarchNicaragua · 99 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in MarchHonduras · 102 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in MarchNicaragua · 115 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Matagalpa in MarchNicaragua · 118 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Danlí in MarchHonduras · 181 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 12 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.