Climate averages 1991–2020
Masaya 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 Masaya: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 221 mm of rain on roughly 25 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 Granada, Nicaragua (16 km away). In October its highs average 28.9°C, 0.5°C warmer than Masaya, with 221 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Masaya ranks 5th of 7 for the warmest October highs and joint 3rd of 7 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 7 cities is 28.4°C; Masaya is level with that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 221 mm to 68 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
Masaya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 3.4 | 0.9 | 11.512 h |
| February | 30.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 2.3 | 0.7 | 11.712 h |
| March | 31.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 3.4 | 0.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 20 | 4.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 175 | 18.5 | 12.713 h |
| June | 29.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 191 | 24.6 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 115 | 20.8 | 12.813 h |
| August | 29.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 140 | 22.3 | 12.513 h |
| September | 28.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 196 | 25.9 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 28.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 221 | 25.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 68 | 10.9 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 9.3 | 2.4 | 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
- Granada, Nicaragua in OctoberNicaragua · 16 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 221 mm rain
- Managua in OctoberNicaragua · 24 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 187 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in OctoberNicaragua · 99 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 409 mm rain
- Matagalpa in OctoberNicaragua · 108 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 190 mm rain
- Estelí in OctoberNicaragua · 128 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 248 mm rain
- Chinandega in OctoberNicaragua · 134 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 373 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in OctoberHonduras · 189 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 396 mm rain
- Danlí in OctoberHonduras · 235 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 Masaya) is explained once on the Masaya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Granada, Nicaragua lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.