Climate averages 1991–2020
Matagalpa weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Matagalpa: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 196 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Estelí (51 km away). In May its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Matagalpa, with 231 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Matagalpa ranks 7th of 7 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 7 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 7 cities is 31.0°C; Matagalpa is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 196 mm to 157 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 30.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 35 | 5.0 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Estelí in MayNicaragua · 51 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 231 mm rain
- Managua in MayNicaragua · 95 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 146 mm rain
- Masaya in MayNicaragua · 108 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 175 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in MayNicaragua · 111 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 175 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in MayNicaragua · 118 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 281 mm rain
- Chinandega in MayNicaragua · 136 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 266 mm rain
- Danlí in MayHonduras · 142 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 170 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in MayHonduras · 143 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 323 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.