Matagalpa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Matagalpa?

Matagalpa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 1,034 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Matagalpa between 1940 and 2025 was 21 March 1983, reaching 35.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Matagalpa?

The coldest day measured in Matagalpa between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1956, at 10.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Matagalpa?

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

Q: Has the climate of Matagalpa warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Matagalpa?

The wettest day measured in Matagalpa between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 1950, with 252 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Matagalpa?

The windiest day measured in Matagalpa between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1988, with winds reaching 40.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Matagalpa?

The warmest month in Matagalpa is April (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (20.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Matagalpa?

Matagalpa receives on average 1,034 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 164 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Matagalpa?

Matagalpa gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Matagalpa (Nicaragua) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 1,034 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 (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (20.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Matagalpa averages 0 frost days, 28 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 164 rainy days per year.

Matagalpa 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 35.3 °C (on 21 March 1983) and the coldest 10.0 °C (on 15 January 1956).

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

MatagalpaMatagalpa Department

coords: 12.93°, -85.92°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

22.1°C

Average daily high

26.8°C

Average daily low

18.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,034mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

17.5km/h

Seasonal range

3.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

28 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

164 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.3 °C

Average feels-like low

19.8 °C

Average peak gust

45.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

50 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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

35.3 °C

21 March 1983

Coldest day

10.0 °C

15 January 1956

Wettest day

252 mm

15 October 1950

Windiest day

40.1 km/h

28 January 1988

Strongest gust

95.0 km/h

28 January 1988

Hottest feels-like

38.6 °C

23 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

8.4 °C

15 January 1956

Sunniest day

12.7 h

23 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.3 °C16 March 2025	15.9 °C10 January 2025	22.8 °C	1,160 mm	17
2024	34.3 °C23 March 2024	12.1 °C23 February 2024	23.5 °C	1,603 mm	83
2023	33.8 °C30 April 2023	11.3 °C17 January 2023	23.1 °C	1,068 mm	64
2022	33.0 °C7 April 2022	14.2 °C1 February 2022	22.4 °C	1,568 mm	19
2021	31.7 °C19 May 2021	14.4 °C12 February 2021	22.7 °C	718 mm	21
2020	33.5 °C10 April 2020	14.0 °C26 January 2020	22.8 °C	1,611 mm	50
2019	33.6 °C9 May 2019	13.7 °C29 January 2019	22.8 °C	984 mm	39
2018	32.0 °C4 May 2018	12.8 °C7 March 2018	22.4 °C	970 mm	26
2017	32.9 °C31 March 2017	13.1 °C26 January 2017	22.5 °C	1,434 mm	26
2016	34.1 °C25 May 2016	15.0 °C24 January 2016	23.1 °C	1,085 mm	59
2015	32.9 °C27 April 2015	14.6 °C16 February 2015	22.9 °C	897 mm	25
2014	32.9 °C8 April 2014	14.8 °C27 February 2014	22.6 °C	883 mm	37
2013	33.1 °C24 March 2013	14.2 °C4 March 2013	22.5 °C	1,059 mm	29
2012	31.6 °C4 April 2012	13.5 °C5 January 2012	22.2 °C	982 mm	10
2011	32.1 °C1 April 2011	12.4 °C6 January 2011	22.3 °C	1,121 mm	13
2010	33.6 °C12 March 2010	12.7 °C9 March 2010	22.4 °C	1,755 mm	46
2009	33.5 °C3 April 2009	13.5 °C7 February 2009	22.5 °C	868 mm	25
2008	32.9 °C2 May 2008	14.6 °C3 February 2008	22.2 °C	1,254 mm	40
2007	34.9 °C15 April 2007	12.3 °C11 February 2007	22.5 °C	1,188 mm	36
2006	34.0 °C12 May 2006	12.2 °C23 November 2006	22.6 °C	760 mm	38
2005	34.7 °C25 March 2005	12.3 °C14 February 2005	22.8 °C	1,206 mm	72
2004	35.1 °C11 April 2004	13.9 °C24 January 2004	22.6 °C	644 mm	37
2003	35.0 °C28 April 2003	14.1 °C22 December 2003	22.7 °C	807 mm	46
2002	31.5 °C9 May 2002	13.7 °C10 January 2002	22.4 °C	907 mm	16
2001	33.1 °C7 May 2001	12.7 °C8 January 2001	22.2 °C	683 mm	34
2000	32.5 °C25 April 2000	11.2 °C27 January 2000	21.9 °C	580 mm	26
1999	31.7 °C26 April 1999	12.4 °C30 December 1999	21.6 °C	1,185 mm	12
1998	35.1 °C11 May 1998	12.7 °C11 February 1998	22.7 °C	1,242 mm	56
1997	31.7 °C26 May 1997	12.9 °C16 December 1997	22.1 °C	830 mm	18
1996	33.7 °C19 March 1996	11.1 °C14 January 1996	21.9 °C	1,091 mm	24
1995	33.0 °C1 April 1995	13.4 °C10 February 1995	22.3 °C	1,368 mm	25
1994	32.0 °C27 March 1994	12.2 °C5 March 1994	22.3 °C	709 mm	24
1993	32.4 °C9 April 1993	12.8 °C20 December 1993	22.1 °C	1,304 mm	26
1992	34.0 °C17 May 1992	13.5 °C8 January 1992	22.5 °C	711 mm	51
1991	35.0 °C20 April 1991	13.0 °C11 February 1991	22.5 °C	694 mm	46
1990	32.8 °C3 April 1990	14.7 °C16 February 1990	22.3 °C	854 mm	20
1989	31.1 °C24 April 1989	12.5 °C25 December 1989	22.0 °C	839 mm	13
1988	35.1 °C21 April 1988	13.3 °C28 February 1988	22.4 °C	1,276 mm	44
1987	34.1 °C25 March 1987	12.8 °C7 January 1987	23.0 °C	707 mm	86
1986	32.5 °C30 April 1986	12.6 °C27 February 1986	21.7 °C	791 mm	23
1985	31.8 °C21 March 1985	13.0 °C13 January 1985	21.9 °C	730 mm	23
1984	34.0 °C14 April 1984	13.3 °C24 November 1984	22.0 °C	848 mm	46
1983	35.3 °C21 March 1983	14.4 °C3 March 1983	22.8 °C	670 mm	57
1982	31.6 °C4 May 1982	13.6 °C23 March 1982	22.0 °C	974 mm	13
1981	32.5 °C19 March 1981	11.9 °C20 January 1981	21.8 °C	1,270 mm	13
1980	33.7 °C3 May 1980	11.8 °C7 February 1980	22.1 °C	1,024 mm	37
1979	31.4 °C28 January 1979	12.9 °C28 January 1979	22.1 °C	1,145 mm	9
1978	33.4 °C30 April 1978	13.2 °C16 January 1978	22.4 °C	1,003 mm	58
1977	31.7 °C15 April 1977	11.8 °C20 January 1977	22.4 °C	876 mm	20
1976	32.0 °C8 April 1976	10.7 °C11 February 1976	21.8 °C	838 mm	11
1975	33.5 °C8 May 1975	10.8 °C24 December 1975	21.8 °C	1,177 mm	33
1974	32.1 °C23 March 1974	13.4 °C2 February 1974	21.5 °C	1,000 mm	9
1973	33.9 °C26 March 1973	12.5 °C20 December 1973	22.1 °C	1,073 mm	43
1972	33.4 °C1 April 1972	13.3 °C22 February 1972	22.2 °C	750 mm	22
1971	31.2 °C14 May 1971	12.5 °C22 January 1971	21.5 °C	1,129 mm	8
1970	31.7 °C8 March 1970	12.1 °C18 January 1970	21.7 °C	1,153 mm	12
1969	33.6 °C16 April 1969	14.0 °C11 January 1969	22.2 °C	1,453 mm	54
1968	32.3 °C17 April 1968	12.2 °C24 February 1968	21.7 °C	1,197 mm	28
1967	32.1 °C22 May 1967	14.5 °C14 February 1967	22.1 °C	777 mm	15
1966	34.3 °C5 April 1966	13.4 °C21 December 1966	22.1 °C	1,282 mm	23
1965	33.4 °C4 March 1965	12.4 °C30 January 1965	22.2 °C	847 mm	37
1964	34.1 °C4 May 1964	14.5 °C2 January 1964	22.2 °C	883 mm	38
1963	31.9 °C12 February 1963	13.0 °C7 February 1963	22.0 °C	938 mm	7
1962	31.1 °C15 March 1962	13.3 °C3 January 1962	21.5 °C	1,166 mm	11
1961	32.4 °C13 April 1961	14.3 °C21 January 1961	21.6 °C	845 mm	20
1960	32.3 °C18 March 1960	12.7 °C17 January 1960	21.4 °C	1,140 mm	19
1959	31.3 °C22 April 1959	13.9 °C18 February 1959	21.5 °C	710 mm	8
1958	33.7 °C4 April 1958	12.7 °C9 January 1958	22.1 °C	1,152 mm	51
1957	32.4 °C5 May 1957	13.1 °C11 December 1957	21.7 °C	897 mm	20
1956	33.1 °C10 April 1956	10.0 °C15 January 1956	21.1 °C	893 mm	12
1955	33.2 °C25 April 1955	13.9 °C13 January 1955	21.6 °C	1,253 mm	19
1954	31.2 °C14 March 1954	13.4 °C5 February 1954	21.4 °C	1,337 mm	12
1953	33.4 °C9 April 1953	13.2 °C12 January 1953	22.1 °C	879 mm	26
1952	32.1 °C14 April 1952	12.2 °C28 February 1952	21.7 °C	1,390 mm	24
1951	31.8 °C9 April 1951	11.9 °C11 January 1951	21.8 °C	879 mm	12
1950	33.0 °C27 April 1950	11.6 °C14 December 1950	21.0 °C	1,579 mm	21
1949	33.0 °C16 April 1949	13.6 °C2 January 1949	21.2 °C	1,012 mm	20
1948	32.9 °C1 April 1948	13.0 °C16 January 1948	21.1 °C	1,242 mm	18
1947	31.8 °C9 May 1947	13.6 °C17 February 1947	21.5 °C	919 mm	27
1946	30.5 °C21 March 1946	14.8 °C19 February 1946	20.9 °C	899 mm	8
1945	30.7 °C25 April 1945	10.2 °C6 December 1945	20.9 °C	1,340 mm	4
1944	32.5 °C25 May 1944	12.6 °C16 October 1944	21.0 °C	916 mm	7
1943	30.1 °C12 April 1943	11.5 °C20 December 1943	20.7 °C	1,000 mm	1
1942	32.4 °C24 February 1942	12.5 °C26 January 1942	21.0 °C	1,479 mm	23
1941	35.0 °C5 April 1941	12.2 °C13 February 1941	21.4 °C	663 mm	28
1940	32.3 °C18 April 1940	13.2 °C30 January 1940	21.7 °C	863 mm	26

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.1 °C

+0.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

17 d/yr

-11

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1160 mm

+126 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.4 °C	+0.2 °C	20 mm	+8 mm
Feb	26.2 °C	-0.2 °C	22 mm	+15 mm
Mar	29.0 °C	+0.8 °C	3 mm	-7 mm
Apr	28.8 °C	-0.8 °C	23 mm	-12 mm
May	29.2 °C	+0.5 °C	58 mm	-107 mm
Jun	26.1 °C	-0.5 °C	402 mm	+224 mm
Jul	26.6 °C	+0.6 °C	64 mm	-27 mm
Aug	27.1 °C	+0.4 °C	49 mm	-56 mm
Sep	28.1 °C	+1.1 °C	124 mm	-43 mm
Oct	27.6 °C	+1.3 °C	275 mm	+87 mm
Nov	25.8 °C	+0.3 °C	95 mm	+38 mm
Dec	25.4 °C	+0.4 °C	24 mm	+6 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.3 °C

16 Mar 2025

Coldest day

15.9 °C

10 Jan 2025

Wettest day

155.6 mm

17 Jun 2025

Windiest day

32.2 km/h

25 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

74.2 km/h

25 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

34.9 °C

3 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

15.9 °C

10 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

31 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Matagalpa?

Matagalpa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 1,034 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Matagalpa?

The hottest day measured in Matagalpa between 1940 and 2025 was 21 March 1983, reaching 35.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Matagalpa?

The coldest day measured in Matagalpa between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1956, at 10.0 °C.

Does it snow in Matagalpa?

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

Has the climate of Matagalpa warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Matagalpa?

The wettest day measured in Matagalpa between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 1950, with 252 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Matagalpa?

The windiest day measured in Matagalpa between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1988, with winds reaching 40.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Matagalpa?

The warmest month in Matagalpa is April (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (20.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Matagalpa?

Matagalpa receives on average 1,034 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 164 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Matagalpa?

Matagalpa gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Matagalpa?

Yes: Matagalpa has on average 50 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Matagalpa?

In Matagalpa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.6 °C on 23 March 2024, and the lowest was 8.4 °C on 15 January 1956.

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