Climate averages 1991–2020
Managua weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Managua: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Masaya (24 km away). In January its highs average 29.7°C, 3.0°C cooler than Managua, with 3.4 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Managua ranks joint 1st of 7 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 7 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 7 cities is 30.2°C; Managua is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.0 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Masaya in JanuaryNicaragua · 24 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in JanuaryNicaragua · 39 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 3.4 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in JanuaryNicaragua · 76 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Matagalpa in JanuaryNicaragua · 95 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Estelí in JanuaryNicaragua · 107 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Chinandega in JanuaryNicaragua · 110 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in JanuaryHonduras · 165 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Danlí in JanuaryHonduras · 214 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 15 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.