Climate averages 1991–2020
Matagalpa weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Matagalpa: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 190 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Estelí (51 km away). In October its highs average 26.3°C, about as warm as Matagalpa, with 248 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Matagalpa ranks 6th of 7 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 7 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 7 cities is 28.4°C; Matagalpa is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 190 mm to 52 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Estelí in OctoberNicaragua · 51 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 248 mm rain
- Managua in OctoberNicaragua · 95 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 187 mm rain
- Masaya in OctoberNicaragua · 108 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 221 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in OctoberNicaragua · 111 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 221 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in OctoberNicaragua · 118 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 409 mm rain
- Chinandega in OctoberNicaragua · 136 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 373 mm rain
- Danlí in OctoberHonduras · 142 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 190 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in OctoberHonduras · 143 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 396 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.