Climate averages 1991–2020
León, Nicaragua weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in León, Nicaragua: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 281 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chinandega (35 km away). In May its highs average 31.8°C, about as warm as León, Nicaragua, with 266 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, León, Nicaragua ranks 3rd of 7 for the warmest May highs and 7th of 7 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 7 cities is 31.0°C; León, Nicaragua is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 281 mm to 278 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Chinandega in MayNicaragua · 35 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 266 mm rain
- Managua in MayNicaragua · 76 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 146 mm rain
- Estelí in MayNicaragua · 93 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 231 mm rain
- Masaya in MayNicaragua · 99 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 175 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in MayHonduras · 102 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 323 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in MayNicaragua · 115 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 175 mm rain
- Matagalpa in MayNicaragua · 118 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 196 mm rain
- Danlí in MayHonduras · 181 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 170 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.