Climate averages 1991–2020
Managua weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Managua: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Masaya (24 km away). In August its highs average 29.4°C, 2.4°C cooler than Managua, with 140 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Managua ranks 1st of 7 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 7 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 7 cities is 29.9°C; Managua is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 109 mm to 168 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Masaya in AugustNicaragua · 24 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 140 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in AugustNicaragua · 39 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 140 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in AugustNicaragua · 76 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 231 mm rain
- Matagalpa in AugustNicaragua · 95 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 113 mm rain
- Estelí in AugustNicaragua · 107 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 150 mm rain
- Chinandega in AugustNicaragua · 110 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 249 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in AugustHonduras · 165 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 286 mm rain
- Danlí in AugustHonduras · 214 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 128 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.