Climate averages 1991–2020
Managua weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Managua: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Masaya (24 km away). In November its highs average 28.6°C, 2.4°C cooler than Managua, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Managua ranks 1st of 7 for the warmest November highs and 1st of 7 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 7 cities is 28.8°C; Managua is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 4.6 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Masaya in NovemberNicaragua · 24 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in NovemberNicaragua · 39 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 68 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in NovemberNicaragua · 76 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Matagalpa in NovemberNicaragua · 95 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Estelí in NovemberNicaragua · 107 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Chinandega in NovemberNicaragua · 110 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 80 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in NovemberHonduras · 165 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Danlí in NovemberHonduras · 214 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 60 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.