Climate averages 1991–2020
Matagalpa weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Matagalpa: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Estelí (51 km away). In April its highs average 31.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Matagalpa, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Matagalpa ranks 7th of 7 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 7 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 7 cities is 32.9°C; Matagalpa is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 196 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Matagalpa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 8.6 | 2.5 | 11.511 h |
| February | 27.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 6.2 | 1.6 | 11.712 h |
| March | 29.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 8.1 | 2.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 35 | 5.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 29.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 196 | 17.5 | 12.713 h |
| June | 27.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 157 | 22.8 | 12.913 h |
| July | 26.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 81 | 18.2 | 12.813 h |
| August | 27.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 113 | 19.9 | 12.613 h |
| September | 27.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 167 | 23.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 26.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 190 | 22.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 26.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 52 | 10.3 | 11.512 h |
| December | 26.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 13 | 3.9 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Estelí in AprilNicaragua · 51 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Managua in AprilNicaragua · 95 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Masaya in AprilNicaragua · 108 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in AprilNicaragua · 111 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 20 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in AprilNicaragua · 118 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Chinandega in AprilNicaragua · 136 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 26.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Danlí in AprilHonduras · 142 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in AprilHonduras · 143 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 47 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 Matagalpa) is explained once on the Matagalpa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.