Climate averages 1991–2020
Matagalpa weather
in September.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Matagalpa: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 167 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes September a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Estelí (51 km away). In September its highs average 27.3°C, about as warm as Matagalpa, with 227 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Nicaragua, Matagalpa ranks 6th of 7 for the warmest September highs and 1st of 7 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 7 cities is 29.1°C; Matagalpa is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 167 mm to 190 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Estelí in SeptemberNicaragua · 51 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 227 mm rain
- Managua in SeptemberNicaragua · 95 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 168 mm rain
- Masaya in SeptemberNicaragua · 108 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 196 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in SeptemberNicaragua · 111 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 196 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in SeptemberNicaragua · 118 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 370 mm rain
- Chinandega in SeptemberNicaragua · 136 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 384 mm rain
- Danlí in SeptemberHonduras · 142 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 171 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in SeptemberHonduras · 143 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 425 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.