Jalapa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Jalapa?

Jalapa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.2 °C and it receives 1,242 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jalapa?

The hottest day measured in Jalapa between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 1998, reaching 38.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Jalapa?

The coldest day measured in Jalapa between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1945, at 6.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Jalapa?

Almost never: Jalapa sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Jalapa warmed?

Yes: Jalapa warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Jalapa?

The wettest day measured in Jalapa between 1940 and 2025 was 30 October 1998, with 213 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Jalapa?

The windiest day measured in Jalapa between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1983, with winds reaching 28.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Jalapa?

The warmest month in Jalapa is May (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (20.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Jalapa?

Jalapa receives on average 1,242 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 222 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Jalapa?

Jalapa gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Jalapa (Nicaragua) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.2 °C and it receives 1,242 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is May (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (20.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Jalapa averages 0 frost days, 50 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 222 rainy days per year.

Jalapa has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.1 °C (on 11 May 1998) and the coldest 6.2 °C (on 6 December 1945).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

JalapaNueva Segovia Department

coords: 13.92°, -86.12°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthMarch

Mean daily temperature

22.2°C

Average daily high

27.2°C

Average daily low

18.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,242mm

Sunshine / day

9.9h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

11.9km/h

Seasonal range

4.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

50 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

222 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.6 °C

Average feels-like low

20.7 °C

Average peak gust

36.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

84 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

38.1 °C

11 May 1998

Coldest day

6.2 °C

6 December 1945

Wettest day

213 mm

30 October 1998

Windiest day

28.5 km/h

16 March 1983

Strongest gust

90.0 km/h

17 November 2020

Hottest feels-like

40.3 °C

27 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

4.4 °C

6 December 1945

Sunniest day

12.7 h

23 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.8 °C16 March 2025	14.3 °C13 April 2025	23.1 °C	1,476 mm	51
2024	36.4 °C26 May 2024	11.0 °C23 February 2024	23.9 °C	1,666 mm	126
2023	34.2 °C22 April 2023	12.1 °C17 January 2023	23.4 °C	1,587 mm	98
2022	35.1 °C7 April 2022	14.5 °C16 January 2022	22.9 °C	1,580 mm	48
2021	33.5 °C19 May 2021	12.9 °C24 December 2021	23.1 °C	877 mm	74
2020	35.5 °C20 April 2020	13.5 °C10 December 2020	23.3 °C	1,572 mm	101
2019	34.6 °C9 May 2019	13.4 °C29 January 2019	23.1 °C	1,075 mm	75
2018	32.3 °C10 May 2018	11.2 °C7 March 2018	22.4 °C	1,336 mm	35
2017	32.3 °C24 February 2017	12.0 °C25 January 2017	22.7 °C	1,695 mm	46
2016	36.6 °C2 April 2016	13.4 °C24 January 2016	23.3 °C	1,266 mm	98
2015	35.6 °C28 April 2015	13.2 °C16 February 2015	22.9 °C	1,247 mm	34
2014	34.3 °C8 April 2014	13.0 °C17 January 2014	22.7 °C	1,226 mm	54
2013	34.9 °C2 May 2013	11.9 °C4 March 2013	22.8 °C	1,194 mm	59
2012	33.5 °C21 April 2012	11.9 °C25 November 2012	22.4 °C	1,238 mm	42
2011	34.0 °C28 April 2011	12.0 °C6 January 2011	22.6 °C	1,212 mm	61
2010	37.7 °C12 March 2010	11.5 °C15 December 2010	22.7 °C	1,512 mm	72
2009	35.7 °C2 April 2009	11.1 °C22 January 2009	22.6 °C	1,001 mm	50
2008	34.6 °C12 May 2008	14.2 °C27 November 2008	22.6 °C	1,354 mm	66
2007	36.6 °C19 April 2007	12.7 °C11 November 2007	22.8 °C	1,325 mm	70
2006	34.6 °C8 May 2006	10.2 °C23 November 2006	22.8 °C	1,080 mm	60
2005	35.8 °C11 April 2005	10.8 °C21 January 2005	23.2 °C	1,446 mm	111
2004	35.7 °C10 April 2004	13.0 °C24 January 2004	22.7 °C	1,033 mm	65
2003	36.5 °C28 April 2003	12.9 °C27 January 2003	22.9 °C	914 mm	70
2002	32.6 °C2 May 2002	11.1 °C10 January 2002	22.6 °C	1,226 mm	40
2001	33.4 °C22 May 2001	12.6 °C8 March 2001	22.4 °C	830 mm	52
2000	33.6 °C10 May 2000	10.7 °C6 January 2000	22.0 °C	853 mm	41
1999	34.3 °C2 May 1999	10.9 °C30 December 1999	22.0 °C	1,239 mm	39
1998	38.1 °C11 May 1998	9.0 °C4 February 1998	23.1 °C	1,535 mm	105
1997	33.9 °C25 April 1997	10.2 °C16 December 1997	22.4 °C	1,095 mm	47
1996	34.9 °C19 March 1996	8.1 °C14 January 1996	22.2 °C	1,398 mm	45
1995	35.4 °C24 April 1995	12.7 °C22 January 1995	22.8 °C	1,264 mm	88
1994	34.1 °C18 May 1994	11.4 °C5 March 1994	22.3 °C	918 mm	35
1993	34.3 °C9 April 1993	9.9 °C28 January 1993	22.3 °C	1,493 mm	52
1992	35.6 °C3 April 1992	12.2 °C19 December 1992	22.5 °C	878 mm	59
1991	34.9 °C20 April 1991	11.6 °C11 February 1991	22.5 °C	960 mm	58
1990	33.6 °C27 April 1990	14.0 °C16 February 1990	22.3 °C	1,167 mm	27
1989	32.6 °C1 May 1989	10.6 °C25 December 1989	22.1 °C	1,066 mm	22
1988	34.9 °C1 May 1988	13.4 °C2 March 1988	22.5 °C	1,409 mm	64
1987	35.2 °C24 March 1987	10.4 °C6 January 1987	22.5 °C	1,062 mm	68
1986	33.3 °C19 May 1986	11.2 °C29 January 1986	21.8 °C	1,264 mm	43
1985	33.1 °C27 May 1985	11.0 °C13 January 1985	22.1 °C	982 mm	45
1984	36.2 °C11 April 1984	11.6 °C24 November 1984	22.2 °C	964 mm	58
1983	35.4 °C24 April 1983	12.6 °C3 March 1983	22.9 °C	993 mm	80
1982	32.9 °C29 April 1982	13.3 °C20 December 1982	22.2 °C	1,240 mm	41
1981	32.6 °C23 May 1981	9.3 °C1 January 1981	22.1 °C	1,231 mm	39
1980	35.8 °C3 May 1980	9.5 °C7 February 1980	22.3 °C	1,293 mm	49
1979	32.9 °C25 March 1979	12.4 °C21 December 1979	22.4 °C	1,446 mm	31
1978	35.5 °C4 May 1978	11.8 °C16 January 1978	22.6 °C	1,218 mm	64
1977	32.2 °C18 April 1977	9.7 °C20 January 1977	22.4 °C	1,145 mm	40
1976	34.2 °C8 April 1976	9.7 °C11 February 1976	21.8 °C	1,256 mm	24
1975	33.9 °C12 May 1975	10.3 °C24 December 1975	22.1 °C	1,364 mm	46
1974	32.7 °C30 March 1974	11.6 °C13 February 1974	21.8 °C	1,117 mm	31
1973	35.7 °C4 April 1973	10.5 °C18 December 1973	22.5 °C	1,121 mm	72
1972	36.1 °C30 March 1972	12.2 °C28 December 1972	22.4 °C	1,195 mm	54
1971	32.6 °C25 April 1971	12.7 °C19 January 1971	21.9 °C	1,194 mm	36
1970	33.1 °C12 March 1970	11.9 °C7 February 1970	21.9 °C	1,260 mm	28
1969	36.9 °C4 May 1969	12.3 °C15 January 1969	22.5 °C	1,493 mm	78
1968	34.1 °C12 March 1968	11.4 °C8 February 1968	22.0 °C	1,534 mm	59
1967	32.9 °C22 May 1967	12.2 °C24 January 1967	22.2 °C	1,163 mm	30
1966	34.2 °C5 April 1966	11.5 °C21 December 1966	22.3 °C	1,367 mm	38
1965	33.6 °C14 May 1965	11.6 °C30 January 1965	22.3 °C	1,140 mm	57
1964	37.4 °C4 May 1964	13.7 °C13 February 1964	22.6 °C	1,146 mm	66
1963	34.0 °C7 April 1963	10.7 °C26 December 1963	22.1 °C	1,237 mm	35
1962	34.4 °C23 March 1962	11.4 °C14 February 1962	21.6 °C	1,382 mm	22
1961	33.9 °C13 April 1961	12.3 °C26 December 1961	21.7 °C	1,228 mm	43
1960	33.4 °C2 April 1960	11.5 °C31 January 1960	21.6 °C	1,438 mm	35
1959	32.8 °C22 April 1959	12.5 °C7 December 1959	21.5 °C	895 mm	17
1958	34.9 °C4 April 1958	11.7 °C17 January 1958	22.3 °C	1,501 mm	63
1957	34.1 °C22 March 1957	10.9 °C11 December 1957	21.8 °C	1,189 mm	37
1956	34.7 °C11 April 1956	8.2 °C14 January 1956	21.1 °C	1,209 mm	20
1955	36.9 °C26 April 1955	11.3 °C27 December 1955	21.9 °C	1,113 mm	51
1954	32.2 °C14 March 1954	11.7 °C22 December 1954	21.7 °C	1,448 mm	23
1953	35.5 °C7 April 1953	10.6 °C12 January 1953	22.3 °C	1,250 mm	50
1952	32.8 °C14 April 1952	11.0 °C30 January 1952	22.0 °C	1,364 mm	46
1951	34.5 °C8 April 1951	11.3 °C26 January 1951	21.9 °C	1,122 mm	32
1950	33.5 °C17 May 1950	10.8 °C14 December 1950	20.9 °C	1,472 mm	17
1949	33.4 °C3 April 1949	13.6 °C13 March 1949	21.1 °C	1,201 mm	17
1948	33.7 °C1 April 1948	13.0 °C16 January 1948	21.2 °C	1,510 mm	21
1947	32.4 °C21 May 1947	10.5 °C16 February 1947	21.7 °C	1,112 mm	44
1946	32.4 °C18 May 1946	13.5 °C27 March 1946	21.0 °C	1,140 mm	25
1945	32.5 °C25 April 1945	6.2 °C6 December 1945	21.1 °C	1,519 mm	27
1944	32.5 °C25 May 1944	11.5 °C23 November 1944	21.2 °C	1,029 mm	23
1943	30.3 °C12 April 1943	9.6 °C20 December 1943	20.7 °C	1,203 mm	1
1942	31.8 °C25 April 1942	11.1 °C26 January 1942	21.1 °C	1,623 mm	21
1941	35.9 °C4 April 1941	10.0 °C12 January 1941	21.3 °C	1,201 mm	36
1940	33.6 °C18 April 1940	11.8 °C30 January 1940	21.6 °C	1,011 mm	41

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.7 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

51 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1476 mm

+234 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.6 °C	+0.9 °C	67 mm	+28 mm
Feb	26.2 °C	+0.2 °C	68 mm	+41 mm
Mar	28.8 °C	+0.5 °C	22 mm	-4 mm
Apr	29.1 °C	-1.1 °C	45 mm	+1 mm
May	30.2 °C	+0.3 °C	114 mm	-40 mm
Jun	27.1 °C	-0.6 °C	333 mm	+141 mm
Jul	27.4 °C	+0.8 °C	137 mm	-23 mm
Aug	27.8 °C	+0.6 °C	96 mm	-38 mm
Sep	29.2 °C	+1.3 °C	122 mm	-35 mm
Oct	28.8 °C	+1.7 °C	263 mm	+88 mm
Nov	26.3 °C	+0.5 °C	133 mm	+48 mm
Dec	25.6 °C	+0.9 °C	76 mm	+26 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.8 °C

16 Mar 2025

Coldest day

14.3 °C

13 Apr 2025

Wettest day

106.9 mm

26 Jun 2025

Windiest day

19.6 km/h

25 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

58.3 km/h

25 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.8 °C

3 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.4 °C

12 Apr 2025

Sunniest day

12.6 h

21 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Jalapa?

Jalapa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.2 °C and it receives 1,242 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jalapa?

The hottest day measured in Jalapa between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 1998, reaching 38.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Jalapa?

The coldest day measured in Jalapa between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1945, at 6.2 °C.

Does it snow in Jalapa?

Almost never: Jalapa sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Jalapa warmed?

Yes: Jalapa warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Jalapa?

The wettest day measured in Jalapa between 1940 and 2025 was 30 October 1998, with 213 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Jalapa?

The windiest day measured in Jalapa between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1983, with winds reaching 28.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Jalapa?

The warmest month in Jalapa is May (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (20.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Jalapa?

Jalapa receives on average 1,242 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 222 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Jalapa?

Jalapa gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Jalapa?

Yes: Jalapa has on average 84 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jalapa?

In Jalapa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 27 March 2024, and the lowest was 4.4 °C on 6 December 1945.

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