Managua climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Managua?

Managua has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 908 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Managua between 1940 and 2025 was 5 April 1992, reaching 40.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Managua?

The coldest day measured in Managua between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1943, at 17.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Managua?

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

Q: Has the climate of Managua warmed?

Yes: Managua warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Managua?

The wettest day measured in Managua between 1940 and 2025 was 12 November 1975, with 235 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Managua?

The windiest day measured in Managua between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1955, with winds reaching 40.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Managua?

The warmest month in Managua is April (29.6 °C on average); the coldest is October (26.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Managua?

Managua receives on average 908 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Managua?

Managua gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Managua (Nicaragua) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 908 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 April (29.6 °C on average) and the coldest is October (26.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Managua averages 0 frost days, 333 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.

Managua has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.2 °C (on 5 April 1992) and the coldest 17.5 °C (on 22 December 1943).

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

ManaguaManagua Department

coords: 12.13°, -86.25°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthOctoberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

27.7°C

Average daily high

32.9°C

Average daily low

23.6°C

Annual rainfall

908mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

67%

Average peak wind

19.5km/h

Seasonal range

3.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

333 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

120 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.2 °C

Average feels-like low

26.2 °C

Average peak gust

44.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

362 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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

40.2 °C

5 April 1992

Coldest day

17.5 °C

22 December 1943

Wettest day

235 mm

12 November 1975

Windiest day

40.3 km/h

13 February 1955

Strongest gust

80.3 km/h

29 January 1988

Hottest feels-like

44.3 °C

20 May 1988

Coldest feels-like

15.9 °C

11 February 1976

Sunniest day

12.6 h

5 June 2021

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.5 °C20 May 2025	22.2 °C18 January 2025	28.6 °C	862 mm	358
2024	38.8 °C19 March 2024	18.4 °C23 February 2024	28.7 °C	1,668 mm	331
2023	40.0 °C19 May 2023	19.2 °C17 January 2023	28.7 °C	950 mm	360
2022	38.4 °C5 April 2022	19.9 °C3 February 2022	27.8 °C	1,512 mm	340
2021	37.0 °C25 July 2021	20.0 °C6 March 2021	28.4 °C	586 mm	362
2020	38.7 °C17 May 2020	19.7 °C27 January 2020	28.2 °C	1,550 mm	334
2019	38.9 °C10 April 2019	21.2 °C29 January 2019	28.6 °C	790 mm	349
2018	37.9 °C4 May 2018	19.5 °C7 March 2018	28.1 °C	953 mm	348
2017	39.4 °C30 April 2017	19.6 °C26 January 2017	28.0 °C	1,294 mm	346
2016	40.1 °C23 April 2016	20.8 °C9 January 2016	28.6 °C	884 mm	356
2015	38.7 °C17 September 2015	21.5 °C12 February 2015	28.9 °C	609 mm	359
2014	39.2 °C20 May 2014	20.9 °C25 February 2014	28.6 °C	719 mm	354
2013	38.6 °C5 April 2013	19.9 °C14 February 2013	28.2 °C	811 mm	361
2012	38.2 °C4 March 2012	20.3 °C5 January 2012	28.0 °C	716 mm	359
2011	37.7 °C2 April 2011	19.0 °C6 January 2011	27.7 °C	1,100 mm	334
2010	38.8 °C23 April 2010	19.4 °C9 March 2010	27.7 °C	1,951 mm	327
2009	37.6 °C17 May 2009	20.5 °C7 February 2009	28.3 °C	624 mm	353
2008	38.1 °C13 May 2008	20.4 °C27 February 2008	27.6 °C	1,257 mm	327
2007	40.2 °C12 May 2007	19.0 °C11 February 2007	27.9 °C	1,002 mm	338
2006	38.1 °C24 April 2006	18.9 °C23 November 2006	28.3 °C	665 mm	354
2005	40.2 °C14 April 2005	19.3 °C26 November 2005	28.0 °C	1,164 mm	322
2004	39.7 °C10 April 2004	20.0 °C24 January 2004	28.3 °C	508 mm	359
2003	39.0 °C1 May 2003	20.8 °C22 December 2003	28.4 °C	571 mm	360
2002	38.0 °C2 May 2002	20.8 °C10 January 2002	28.2 °C	670 mm	350
2001	38.7 °C19 May 2001	19.4 °C8 January 2001	28.0 °C	546 mm	349
2000	37.6 °C21 April 2000	18.7 °C27 January 2000	27.7 °C	584 mm	351
1999	36.0 °C28 May 1999	19.1 °C3 March 1999	26.9 °C	1,113 mm	298
1998	39.6 °C10 April 1998	20.1 °C7 February 1998	28.1 °C	1,027 mm	327
1997	37.2 °C25 May 1997	19.7 °C16 December 1997	27.8 °C	749 mm	338
1996	39.0 °C27 April 1996	17.9 °C19 March 1996	27.3 °C	1,134 mm	323
1995	38.8 °C24 April 1995	20.6 °C12 February 1995	27.7 °C	1,383 mm	330
1994	39.1 °C13 May 1994	19.6 °C6 March 1994	28.2 °C	475 mm	358
1993	38.3 °C25 April 1993	19.5 °C20 December 1993	27.7 °C	1,140 mm	336
1992	40.2 °C5 April 1992	20.1 °C8 January 1992	28.4 °C	472 mm	357
1991	39.3 °C22 April 1991	20.0 °C24 December 1991	28.4 °C	473 mm	355
1990	38.4 °C27 April 1990	21.0 °C15 February 1990	28.1 °C	557 mm	360
1989	37.6 °C24 April 1989	19.7 °C26 February 1989	27.8 °C	653 mm	347
1988	39.5 °C23 April 1988	19.8 °C28 February 1988	27.8 °C	1,185 mm	339
1987	39.9 °C22 April 1987	20.1 °C7 January 1987	28.9 °C	474 mm	361
1986	38.7 °C20 May 1986	19.5 °C8 February 1986	27.6 °C	549 mm	334
1985	37.4 °C25 May 1985	19.9 °C25 December 1985	27.5 °C	656 mm	348
1984	39.1 °C30 March 1984	18.6 °C9 January 1984	27.6 °C	704 mm	346
1983	39.3 °C21 March 1983	20.7 °C6 February 1983	28.6 °C	449 mm	362
1982	37.9 °C11 April 1982	20.1 °C12 December 1982	27.8 °C	890 mm	331
1981	39.1 °C22 April 1981	18.8 °C14 January 1981	27.3 °C	1,102 mm	327
1980	39.1 °C28 April 1980	19.4 °C7 February 1980	27.6 °C	890 mm	326
1979	37.1 °C26 May 1979	19.5 °C21 December 1979	27.6 °C	979 mm	325
1978	38.4 °C22 March 1978	19.8 °C24 December 1978	27.7 °C	979 mm	339
1977	38.4 °C15 April 1977	19.0 °C20 January 1977	28.1 °C	714 mm	351
1976	37.5 °C13 May 1976	17.8 °C11 February 1976	27.6 °C	592 mm	349
1975	39.4 °C21 May 1975	18.0 °C25 December 1975	27.3 °C	1,332 mm	314
1974	36.3 °C3 April 1974	19.1 °C6 December 1974	27.0 °C	776 mm	328
1973	38.3 °C21 March 1973	18.7 °C20 December 1973	27.4 °C	1,021 mm	326
1972	39.4 °C1 April 1972	20.1 °C22 February 1972	27.9 °C	634 mm	349
1971	37.3 °C28 April 1971	19.4 °C22 January 1971	27.0 °C	1,055 mm	315
1970	37.2 °C27 March 1970	19.7 °C18 January 1970	27.1 °C	1,188 mm	311
1969	39.5 °C8 May 1969	20.6 °C10 January 1969	27.6 °C	1,521 mm	306
1968	37.0 °C2 May 1968	18.6 °C24 February 1968	27.1 °C	1,258 mm	326
1967	38.5 °C23 May 1967	20.4 °C21 March 1967	27.9 °C	587 mm	348
1966	38.5 °C30 March 1966	20.2 °C23 December 1966	27.7 °C	1,004 mm	331
1965	37.7 °C24 April 1965	19.9 °C31 January 1965	27.9 °C	664 mm	344
1964	37.8 °C12 May 1964	20.8 °C28 November 1964	27.7 °C	718 mm	337
1963	37.2 °C6 May 1963	19.6 °C3 January 1963	27.6 °C	877 mm	332
1962	36.4 °C7 April 1962	19.5 °C29 November 1962	27.1 °C	917 mm	327
1961	37.2 °C16 April 1961	20.7 °C6 February 1961	27.2 °C	712 mm	325
1960	37.2 °C4 April 1960	19.5 °C17 January 1960	26.8 °C	1,035 mm	322
1959	37.5 °C20 May 1959	18.7 °C19 February 1959	27.2 °C	584 mm	346
1958	38.6 °C21 April 1958	19.6 °C9 January 1958	27.6 °C	1,177 mm	343
1957	39.4 °C5 May 1957	20.0 °C11 December 1957	27.5 °C	601 mm	351
1956	37.8 °C9 April 1956	17.5 °C9 January 1956	26.8 °C	785 mm	316
1955	37.7 °C9 May 1955	20.0 °C27 December 1955	26.9 °C	1,313 mm	295
1954	37.0 °C24 April 1954	19.5 °C5 February 1954	26.9 °C	1,279 mm	301
1953	37.9 °C9 April 1953	20.3 °C3 January 1953	27.5 °C	940 mm	343
1952	37.5 °C13 April 1952	19.0 °C28 February 1952	27.2 °C	1,142 mm	327
1951	37.0 °C26 April 1951	18.6 °C11 January 1951	27.4 °C	819 mm	346
1950	37.8 °C27 April 1950	19.2 °C14 December 1950	26.6 °C	1,307 mm	298
1949	39.0 °C16 April 1949	20.3 °C2 January 1949	27.0 °C	1,025 mm	323
1948	37.4 °C27 April 1948	19.8 °C16 January 1948	26.5 °C	1,249 mm	230
1947	37.3 °C6 May 1947	20.2 °C29 January 1947	26.9 °C	809 mm	290
1946	36.8 °C1 April 1946	20.4 °C11 January 1946	26.7 °C	680 mm	304
1945	36.4 °C25 April 1945	18.0 °C7 December 1945	26.4 °C	1,254 mm	294
1944	37.0 °C17 April 1944	19.5 °C7 January 1944	26.7 °C	801 mm	305
1943	36.4 °C12 April 1943	17.5 °C22 December 1943	26.6 °C	810 mm	312
1942	37.6 °C18 March 1942	20.3 °C25 January 1942	26.4 °C	1,208 mm	192
1941	38.2 °C8 May 1941	19.4 °C15 January 1941	27.5 °C	419 mm	343
1940	37.2 °C2 May 1940	19.8 °C31 January 1940	27.4 °C	660 mm	322

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

33.7 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

358 d/yr

+25

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

862 mm

-46 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.1 °C	+0.5 °C	5 mm	+4 mm
Feb	33.9 °C	+0.4 °C	3 mm	+2 mm
Mar	35.9 °C	+1.1 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Apr	36.0 °C	+0.2 °C	12 mm	-3 mm
May	36.4 °C	+2.1 °C	24 mm	-105 mm
Jun	31.6 °C	-0.2 °C	255 mm	+88 mm
Jul	33.2 °C	+0.8 °C	42 mm	-31 mm
Aug	34.3 °C	+1.4 °C	47 mm	-49 mm
Sep	33.5 °C	+1.7 °C	155 mm	-19 mm
Oct	31.7 °C	+0.7 °C	267 mm	+75 mm
Nov	32.2 °C	+0.3 °C	47 mm	-4 mm
Dec	33.2 °C	+0.8 °C	4 mm	-2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.5 °C

20 May 2025

Coldest day

22.2 °C

18 Jan 2025

Wettest day

43.1 mm

17 Jun 2025

Windiest day

33.6 km/h

26 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

76.0 km/h

19 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.0 °C

16 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

22.7 °C

22 Mar 2025

Sunniest day

12.5 h

28 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Managua?

Managua has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 908 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Managua?

The hottest day measured in Managua between 1940 and 2025 was 5 April 1992, reaching 40.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Managua?

The coldest day measured in Managua between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1943, at 17.5 °C.

Does it snow in Managua?

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

Has the climate of Managua warmed?

Yes: Managua warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Managua?

The wettest day measured in Managua between 1940 and 2025 was 12 November 1975, with 235 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Managua?

The windiest day measured in Managua between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1955, with winds reaching 40.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Managua?

The warmest month in Managua is April (29.6 °C on average); the coldest is October (26.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Managua?

Managua receives on average 908 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Managua?

Managua gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Managua?

Yes: Managua has on average 362 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Managua?

In Managua, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.3 °C on 20 May 1988, and the lowest was 15.9 °C on 11 February 1976.

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