Somotillo climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Somotillo?

Somotillo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.3 °C and it receives 1,629 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Somotillo between 1940 and 2025 was 14 May 1998, reaching 42.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Somotillo?

The coldest day measured in Somotillo between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1943, at 15.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Somotillo?

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

Q: Has the climate of Somotillo warmed?

Yes: Somotillo warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Somotillo?

The wettest day measured in Somotillo between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 1950, with 211 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Somotillo?

The windiest day measured in Somotillo between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1955, with winds reaching 31.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Somotillo?

The warmest month in Somotillo is April (30.6 °C on average); the coldest is October (26.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Somotillo?

Somotillo receives on average 1,629 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Somotillo?

Somotillo gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Somotillo (Nicaragua) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.3 °C and it receives 1,629 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 (30.6 °C on average) and the coldest is October (26.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Somotillo averages 0 frost days, 344 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.

Somotillo has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.0 °C (on 14 May 1998) and the coldest 15.8 °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

SomotilloChinandega Department

coords: 13.04°, -86.91°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthOctoberWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

28.3°C

Average daily high

34.1°C

Average daily low

23.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,629mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

66%

Average peak wind

12.1km/h

Seasonal range

3.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

344 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

152 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

37.8 °C

Average feels-like low

27.2 °C

Average peak gust

32.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

360 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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

42.0 °C

14 May 1998

Coldest day

15.8 °C

22 December 1943

Wettest day

211 mm

15 October 1950

Windiest day

31.3 km/h

13 February 1955

Strongest gust

67.3 km/h

13 February 1955

Hottest feels-like

46.1 °C

19 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

14.5 °C

15 January 1956

Sunniest day

12.5 h

29 May 1999

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	40.8 °C17 March 2025	20.9 °C10 January 2025	29.7 °C	1,298 mm	364
2024	41.2 °C11 April 2024	19.7 °C23 February 2024	29.5 °C	2,242 mm	344
2023	41.2 °C5 May 2023	19.4 °C18 January 2023	29.7 °C	1,489 mm	358
2022	40.2 °C14 April 2022	19.8 °C15 December 2022	28.7 °C	2,271 mm	348
2021	40.0 °C30 May 2021	20.7 °C27 January 2021	29.3 °C	1,366 mm	364
2020	41.5 °C7 April 2020	20.0 °C10 December 2020	29.1 °C	2,135 mm	343
2019	41.5 °C1 May 2019	21.0 °C1 December 2019	29.8 °C	1,295 mm	361
2018	40.5 °C21 March 2018	20.3 °C14 December 2018	29.3 °C	1,372 mm	355
2017	41.0 °C6 April 2017	19.2 °C19 November 2017	28.8 °C	1,750 mm	352
2016	41.3 °C26 March 2016	18.7 °C23 November 2016	29.5 °C	1,592 mm	359
2015	41.3 °C23 April 2015	21.5 °C30 November 2015	30.0 °C	1,395 mm	359
2014	40.8 °C20 April 2014	20.9 °C7 November 2014	29.5 °C	1,333 mm	360
2013	40.7 °C2 April 2013	21.2 °C30 January 2013	29.1 °C	1,286 mm	362
2012	39.5 °C27 March 2012	19.9 °C16 December 2012	28.7 °C	1,338 mm	361
2011	39.8 °C4 April 2011	19.7 °C6 January 2011	28.2 °C	2,112 mm	343
2010	40.3 °C27 March 2010	18.3 °C18 December 2010	28.2 °C	2,545 mm	330
2009	40.2 °C20 April 2009	20.1 °C25 December 2009	29.1 °C	1,335 mm	360
2008	40.5 °C29 March 2008	19.8 °C3 February 2008	28.3 °C	1,782 mm	338
2007	40.1 °C4 March 2007	19.0 °C11 February 2007	28.4 °C	1,972 mm	338
2006	40.8 °C10 April 2006	18.3 °C23 November 2006	28.9 °C	1,564 mm	354
2005	41.2 °C18 April 2005	18.5 °C24 November 2005	28.6 °C	1,807 mm	337
2004	41.0 °C7 April 2004	19.5 °C10 November 2004	29.1 °C	1,210 mm	363
2003	40.9 °C7 March 2003	21.0 °C19 December 2003	28.8 °C	1,461 mm	362
2002	40.8 °C23 April 2002	20.7 °C14 January 2002	29.4 °C	1,123 mm	348
2001	41.5 °C30 April 2001	20.4 °C23 November 2001	28.7 °C	1,158 mm	350
2000	39.3 °C26 April 2000	17.7 °C6 January 2000	28.4 °C	1,468 mm	354
1999	39.6 °C23 April 1999	18.4 °C21 November 1999	27.6 °C	2,111 mm	312
1998	42.0 °C14 May 1998	19.8 °C4 February 1998	28.8 °C	2,164 mm	339
1997	40.7 °C25 May 1997	18.9 °C22 December 1997	29.0 °C	1,184 mm	351
1996	39.6 °C28 March 1996	18.2 °C14 January 1996	27.9 °C	1,845 mm	333
1995	39.5 °C28 March 1995	20.2 °C1 January 1995	28.2 °C	2,222 mm	331
1994	40.3 °C12 April 1994	19.1 °C27 January 1994	29.1 °C	1,033 mm	359
1993	40.3 °C22 March 1993	17.3 °C20 December 1993	28.4 °C	1,946 mm	350
1992	41.8 °C7 April 1992	20.1 °C8 January 1992	29.0 °C	1,224 mm	359
1991	40.9 °C5 May 1991	19.6 °C13 February 1991	29.2 °C	1,114 mm	357
1990	40.9 °C13 April 1990	19.5 °C15 February 1990	29.0 °C	1,379 mm	359
1989	40.5 °C24 April 1989	19.3 °C25 December 1989	28.4 °C	1,451 mm	349
1988	40.9 °C6 April 1988	20.8 °C9 December 1988	28.3 °C	1,967 mm	350
1987	41.6 °C14 April 1987	19.5 °C8 January 1987	29.3 °C	1,393 mm	363
1986	40.6 °C26 April 1986	19.6 °C8 January 1986	28.4 °C	1,123 mm	348
1985	40.0 °C13 April 1985	19.9 °C19 January 1985	28.1 °C	1,464 mm	352
1984	40.6 °C30 March 1984	18.6 °C9 January 1984	27.9 °C	1,407 mm	348
1983	40.6 °C11 May 1983	20.5 °C19 March 1983	29.1 °C	1,298 mm	361
1982	39.7 °C28 March 1982	19.4 °C30 December 1982	28.8 °C	1,428 mm	348
1981	38.9 °C31 March 1981	18.1 °C16 January 1981	27.8 °C	1,934 mm	346
1980	41.7 °C28 April 1980	19.3 °C30 December 1980	28.4 °C	1,843 mm	348
1979	40.0 °C13 April 1979	19.7 °C20 December 1979	28.2 °C	1,884 mm	329
1978	39.5 °C13 March 1978	20.4 °C24 December 1978	28.0 °C	1,957 mm	347
1977	40.3 °C13 March 1977	18.5 °C3 January 1977	28.8 °C	1,302 mm	357
1976	39.1 °C13 May 1976	18.0 °C25 February 1976	28.4 °C	1,146 mm	361
1975	40.2 °C15 April 1975	17.8 °C15 November 1975	28.0 °C	1,928 mm	335
1974	39.8 °C26 April 1974	18.9 °C6 December 1974	27.9 °C	1,440 mm	342
1973	41.1 °C5 April 1973	18.5 °C20 December 1973	28.0 °C	1,961 mm	333
1972	40.6 °C2 April 1972	20.9 °C18 February 1972	28.9 °C	1,115 mm	357
1971	39.4 °C10 May 1971	19.5 °C16 December 1971	27.8 °C	1,580 mm	339
1970	40.1 °C5 May 1970	18.0 °C18 January 1970	27.7 °C	1,894 mm	343
1969	40.5 °C8 April 1969	19.2 °C10 January 1969	27.9 °C	2,436 mm	322
1968	39.7 °C1 May 1968	18.8 °C24 February 1968	28.0 °C	1,761 mm	344
1967	39.7 °C10 April 1967	20.2 °C14 February 1967	28.8 °C	1,004 mm	354
1966	40.1 °C28 March 1966	19.3 °C26 November 1966	28.3 °C	1,901 mm	345
1965	40.9 °C6 May 1965	18.3 °C31 January 1965	28.9 °C	1,117 mm	354
1964	40.0 °C29 March 1964	19.5 °C30 December 1964	28.2 °C	1,416 mm	352
1963	40.0 °C30 April 1963	19.0 °C3 January 1963	28.0 °C	1,728 mm	344
1962	39.9 °C16 March 1962	17.9 °C29 November 1962	27.5 °C	1,631 mm	346
1961	39.6 °C10 April 1961	18.9 °C3 December 1961	27.7 °C	1,452 mm	335
1960	38.1 °C14 March 1960	19.1 °C17 January 1960	27.0 °C	1,825 mm	331
1959	39.2 °C23 April 1959	19.0 °C4 February 1959	27.5 °C	1,154 mm	352
1958	40.6 °C26 April 1958	18.7 °C5 February 1958	28.1 °C	1,751 mm	356
1957	38.6 °C22 April 1957	19.3 °C14 November 1957	27.9 °C	1,337 mm	357
1956	39.4 °C28 April 1956	15.8 °C16 January 1956	27.3 °C	1,527 mm	340
1955	39.8 °C27 March 1955	18.3 °C27 December 1955	27.3 °C	2,208 mm	306
1954	38.7 °C22 March 1954	19.3 °C8 December 1954	27.5 °C	2,068 mm	320
1953	39.5 °C22 April 1953	19.7 °C12 January 1953	28.1 °C	1,605 mm	351
1952	39.2 °C5 April 1952	19.6 °C28 February 1952	27.7 °C	1,832 mm	347
1951	37.5 °C4 April 1951	19.1 °C24 January 1951	27.8 °C	1,485 mm	350
1950	39.0 °C16 April 1950	17.2 °C29 November 1950	27.0 °C	2,621 mm	312
1949	39.7 °C27 April 1949	19.5 °C23 January 1949	27.4 °C	1,913 mm	328
1948	38.3 °C5 May 1948	19.6 °C20 January 1948	27.1 °C	2,072 mm	303
1947	39.6 °C2 May 1947	19.3 °C29 January 1947	27.2 °C	1,717 mm	305
1946	38.2 °C31 March 1946	19.2 °C11 January 1946	27.4 °C	1,321 mm	331
1945	37.6 °C15 March 1945	15.9 °C7 December 1945	26.8 °C	2,128 mm	318
1944	38.6 °C9 April 1944	17.6 °C22 November 1944	27.1 °C	1,578 mm	326
1943	38.3 °C14 April 1943	15.8 °C22 December 1943	26.9 °C	1,576 mm	339
1942	39.8 °C21 March 1942	19.7 °C25 January 1942	27.0 °C	2,185 mm	248
1941	40.6 °C10 April 1941	17.8 °C13 January 1941	28.4 °C	780 mm	359
1940	38.9 °C31 March 1940	20.0 °C17 November 1940	27.7 °C	1,493 mm	332

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

35.4 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

364 d/yr

+20

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1299 mm

-331 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.6 °C	+0.1 °C	11 mm	+9 mm
Feb	36.4 °C	+0.7 °C	3 mm	+1 mm
Mar	37.9 °C	+1.0 °C	5 mm	-1 mm
Apr	37.9 °C	+0.5 °C	30 mm	-10 mm
May	37.4 °C	+2.5 °C	52 mm	-184 mm
Jun	33.9 °C	+1.2 °C	290 mm	+13 mm
Jul	36.0 °C	+2.0 °C	51 mm	-79 mm
Aug	36.5 °C	+2.5 °C	100 mm	-91 mm
Sep	34.1 °C	+1.9 °C	284 mm	-50 mm
Oct	32.0 °C	+0.5 °C	405 mm	+74 mm
Nov	33.4 °C	+1.1 °C	42 mm	-32 mm
Dec	34.4 °C	+0.9 °C	26 mm	+18 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.8 °C

17 Mar 2025

Coldest day

20.9 °C

10 Jan 2025

Wettest day

48.2 mm

15 Jun 2025

Windiest day

27.3 km/h

25 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

61.2 km/h

25 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.3 °C

31 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

22.2 °C

10 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.5 h

28 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Somotillo?

Somotillo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.3 °C and it receives 1,629 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Somotillo?

The hottest day measured in Somotillo between 1940 and 2025 was 14 May 1998, reaching 42.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Somotillo?

The coldest day measured in Somotillo between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1943, at 15.8 °C.

Does it snow in Somotillo?

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

Has the climate of Somotillo warmed?

Yes: Somotillo warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Somotillo?

The wettest day measured in Somotillo between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 1950, with 211 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Somotillo?

The windiest day measured in Somotillo between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1955, with winds reaching 31.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Somotillo?

The warmest month in Somotillo is April (30.6 °C on average); the coldest is October (26.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Somotillo?

Somotillo receives on average 1,629 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Somotillo?

Somotillo gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Somotillo?

Yes: Somotillo has on average 360 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Somotillo?

In Somotillo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.1 °C on 19 March 2024, and the lowest was 14.5 °C on 15 January 1956.

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