Climate averages 1991–2020
Managua weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Managua: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 187 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Masaya (24 km away). In October its highs average 28.3°C, 1.8°C cooler than Managua, with 221 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Managua ranks 1st of 7 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 7 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 7 cities is 28.4°C; Managua is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 187 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Masaya in OctoberNicaragua · 24 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 221 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in OctoberNicaragua · 39 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 221 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in OctoberNicaragua · 76 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 409 mm rain
- Matagalpa in OctoberNicaragua · 95 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 190 mm rain
- Estelí in OctoberNicaragua · 107 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 248 mm rain
- Chinandega in OctoberNicaragua · 110 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 373 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in OctoberHonduras · 165 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 396 mm rain
- Danlí in OctoberHonduras · 214 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 190 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.