Climate averages 1991–2020
Managua weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Managua: daytime highs average 35.7°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a very 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 Masaya (24 km away). In April its highs average 32.6°C, 3.1°C cooler than Managua, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Managua ranks 1st of 7 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 7 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 7 cities is 32.9°C; Managua is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 33.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 146 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
Managua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| February | 33.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| March | 34.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 35.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 13 | 2.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 33.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 146 | 15.0 | 12.713 h |
| June | 31.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 153 | 18.8 | 12.813 h |
| July | 31.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 69 | 11.4 | 12.813 h |
| August | 31.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 109 | 15.6 | 12.513 h |
| September | 30.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 168 | 21.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 187 | 21.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 46 | 6.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 32.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 4.6 | 0.7 | 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
- Masaya in AprilNicaragua · 24 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in AprilNicaragua · 39 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 20 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in AprilNicaragua · 76 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Matagalpa in AprilNicaragua · 95 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Estelí in AprilNicaragua · 107 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Chinandega in AprilNicaragua · 110 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 26.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in AprilHonduras · 165 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Danlí in AprilHonduras · 214 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 Managua) is explained once on the Managua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.