Climate averages 1991–2020

León, Nicaragua weather
in October.

A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.

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

Average high 29.0°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 23.8°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 409 mm 26 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in León · average highYear overview

October is a hot month in León, Nicaragua: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 409 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Chinandega (35 km away). In October its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as León, Nicaragua, with 373 mm of rain.

Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, León, Nicaragua ranks 3rd of 7 for the warmest October highs and 7th of 7 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 7 cities is 28.4°C; León, Nicaragua is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 409 mm to 115 mm.

The annual picture

October 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. 2025303540 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 4500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for León, Nicaragua, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 32.7°C24.0°C24.0°C3.50.811.511 h
February 33.5°C24.3°C24.3°C2.00.711.712 h
March 34.1°C24.8°C24.8°C5.71.512.112 h
April 33.9°C25.6°C25.6°C387.812.412 h
May 31.6°C25.2°C25.2°C28121.212.713 h
June 30.5°C24.7°C24.7°C27822.912.813 h
July 31.8°C25.0°C25.0°C14916.512.813 h
August 31.4°C24.8°C24.8°C23122.812.513 h
September 29.7°C24.1°C24.1°C37027.312.212 h
October, selected 29.0°C23.8°C23.8°C40925.811.912 h
November 30.1°C23.7°C23.7°C11512.611.612 h
December 31.6°C23.9°C23.9°C8.12.311.411 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

October in nearby cities

Distance from León

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 León) is explained once on the León, Nicaragua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.