Climate averages 1991–2020
Managua weather
in July.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Managua: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Masaya (24 km away). In July its highs average 29.0°C, 2.5°C cooler than Managua, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Managua ranks 3rd of 7 for the warmest July highs and 1st of 7 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 7 cities is 29.7°C; Managua is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 109 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Masaya in JulyNicaragua · 24 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in JulyNicaragua · 39 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 115 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in JulyNicaragua · 76 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 149 mm rain
- Matagalpa in JulyNicaragua · 95 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 81 mm rain
- Estelí in JulyNicaragua · 107 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Chinandega in JulyNicaragua · 110 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in JulyHonduras · 165 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 159 mm rain
- Danlí in JulyHonduras · 214 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 112 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.