Puerto Cabezas climate — normals and trends
Puerto Cabezas (Nicaragua) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.0 °C and it receives 1,987 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 (26.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Puerto Cabezas averages 0 frost days, 30 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 284 rainy days per year.
Puerto Cabezas has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.9 °C (on 18 March 2003) and the coldest 17.9 °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
Puerto CabezasNorth Caribbean Coast
- coords
- 14.04°, -83.39°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
26.0°C
Average daily high
28.2°C
Average daily low
23.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,987mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
86%
Average peak wind
16.4km/h
Seasonal range
2.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
30 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
284 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
33.1 °C
Average feels-like low
27.6 °C
Average peak gust
34.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
363 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · p = < 0.001
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
33.9 °C
18 March 2003
Coldest day
17.9 °C
15 January 1956
Wettest day
312 mm
3 November 2020
Windiest day
80.9 km/h
16 November 2020
Strongest gust
144.7 km/h
16 November 2020
Hottest feels-like
40.7 °C
2 June 2023
Coldest feels-like
16.8 °C
14 January 1956
Sunniest day
12.8 h
21 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 167 mm | +93 mm |
| Feb | 29.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 78 mm | +32 mm |
| Mar | 29.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 37 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 29.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 68 mm | +21 mm |
| May | 30.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 100 mm | -77 mm |
| Jun | 29.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 407 mm | +118 mm |
| Jul | 29.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 223 mm | -58 mm |
| Aug | 30.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 199 mm | -41 mm |
| Sep | 30.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 224 mm | -14 mm |
| Oct | 30.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 239 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 28.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 251 mm | +61 mm |
| Dec | 28.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 139 mm | +29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Puerto Cabezas?
Puerto Cabezas has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.0 °C and it receives 1,987 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Puerto Cabezas?
The hottest day measured in Puerto Cabezas between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 2003, reaching 33.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Puerto Cabezas?
The coldest day measured in Puerto Cabezas between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1956, at 17.9 °C.
Does it snow in Puerto Cabezas?
Almost never: Puerto Cabezas sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Puerto Cabezas warmed?
Yes: Puerto Cabezas warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Puerto Cabezas?
The wettest day measured in Puerto Cabezas between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 2020, with 312 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Puerto Cabezas?
The windiest day measured in Puerto Cabezas between 1940 and 2025 was 16 November 2020, with winds reaching 80.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Puerto Cabezas?
The warmest month in Puerto Cabezas is May (26.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Puerto Cabezas?
Puerto Cabezas receives on average 1,987 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 284 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Puerto Cabezas?
Puerto Cabezas gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Puerto Cabezas?
Yes: Puerto Cabezas has on average 363 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Puerto Cabezas?
In Puerto Cabezas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.7 °C on 2 June 2023, and the lowest was 16.8 °C on 14 January 1956.
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