Climate averages 1991–2020
Managua weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Managua: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Masaya (24 km away). In May its highs average 30.9°C, 2.4°C cooler than Managua, with 175 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Managua ranks 1st of 7 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 7 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 7 cities is 31.0°C; Managua is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 146 mm to 153 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Masaya in MayNicaragua · 24 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 175 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in MayNicaragua · 39 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 175 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in MayNicaragua · 76 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 281 mm rain
- Matagalpa in MayNicaragua · 95 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 196 mm rain
- Estelí in MayNicaragua · 107 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 231 mm rain
- Chinandega in MayNicaragua · 110 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 266 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in MayHonduras · 165 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 323 mm rain
- Danlí in MayHonduras · 214 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 170 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.