Climate averages 1991–2020
Matagalpa weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Matagalpa: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.6 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Estelí (51 km away). In January its highs average 27.7°C, 1.1°C warmer than Matagalpa, with 3.1 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Matagalpa ranks 7th of 7 for the warmest January highs and 7th of 7 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 7 cities is 30.2°C; Matagalpa is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.6 mm to 6.2 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Estelí in JanuaryNicaragua · 51 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Managua in JanuaryNicaragua · 95 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Masaya in JanuaryNicaragua · 108 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in JanuaryNicaragua · 111 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 3.4 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in JanuaryNicaragua · 118 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Chinandega in JanuaryNicaragua · 136 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Danlí in JanuaryHonduras · 142 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in JanuaryHonduras · 143 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 1.5 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.