Tipitapa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Tipitapa?

Tipitapa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 915 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Tipitapa between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 2007, reaching 39.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Tipitapa?

The coldest day measured in Tipitapa between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1956, at 17.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Tipitapa?

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

Q: Has the climate of Tipitapa warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Tipitapa?

The wettest day measured in Tipitapa between 1940 and 2025 was 12 November 1975, with 256 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Tipitapa?

The windiest day measured in Tipitapa between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1955, with winds reaching 37.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Tipitapa?

The warmest month in Tipitapa is April (29.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (26.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Tipitapa?

Tipitapa receives on average 915 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Tipitapa?

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

Tipitapa (Nicaragua) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 915 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 (29.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (26.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Tipitapa averages 0 frost days, 326 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 122 rainy days per year.

Tipitapa 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 39.6 °C (on 12 May 2007) and the coldest 17.4 °C (on 9 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

TipitapaManagua Department

coords: 12.20°, -86.10°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

27.5°C

Average daily high

32.4°C

Average daily low

23.6°C

Annual rainfall

915mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

18.2km/h

Seasonal range

2.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

326 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

122 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.1 °C

Average feels-like low

26.5 °C

Average peak gust

42.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

362 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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

39.6 °C

12 May 2007

Coldest day

17.4 °C

9 January 1956

Wettest day

256 mm

12 November 1975

Windiest day

37.2 km/h

13 February 1955

Strongest gust

77.8 km/h

29 January 1988

Hottest feels-like

43.9 °C

3 June 2024

Coldest feels-like

16.0 °C

28 February 1952

Sunniest day

12.6 h

5 June 2021

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.6 °C8 April 2025	22.2 °C17 February 2025	28.3 °C	924 mm	354
2024	38.3 °C25 March 2024	18.6 °C23 February 2024	28.5 °C	1,671 mm	333
2023	39.0 °C19 May 2023	19.3 °C17 January 2023	28.5 °C	963 mm	358
2022	37.5 °C5 April 2022	20.3 °C3 February 2022	27.6 °C	1,443 mm	341
2021	36.5 °C11 April 2021	19.7 °C6 March 2021	28.1 °C	625 mm	363
2020	37.5 °C10 April 2020	19.6 °C27 January 2020	28.0 °C	1,676 mm	334
2019	38.6 °C10 April 2019	21.1 °C29 January 2019	28.3 °C	824 mm	349
2018	37.3 °C4 May 2018	19.6 °C7 March 2018	27.9 °C	933 mm	348
2017	38.4 °C30 April 2017	19.2 °C15 February 2017	27.9 °C	1,340 mm	342
2016	38.9 °C24 May 2016	20.4 °C9 January 2016	28.4 °C	951 mm	355
2015	37.6 °C17 September 2015	21.6 °C12 February 2015	28.7 °C	612 mm	360
2014	38.1 °C20 May 2014	21.1 °C15 December 2014	28.3 °C	694 mm	352
2013	37.2 °C26 March 2013	19.9 °C14 February 2013	28.0 °C	822 mm	359
2012	37.0 °C5 May 2012	20.2 °C5 January 2012	27.8 °C	669 mm	360
2011	36.9 °C29 March 2011	19.1 °C6 January 2011	27.6 °C	1,000 mm	333
2010	37.9 °C23 April 2010	19.5 °C22 January 2010	27.6 °C	2,020 mm	328
2009	37.3 °C21 April 2009	20.6 °C7 February 2009	28.1 °C	629 mm	351
2008	37.2 °C29 March 2008	20.3 °C27 February 2008	27.5 °C	1,209 mm	325
2007	39.6 °C12 May 2007	19.5 °C11 February 2007	27.7 °C	1,042 mm	340
2006	37.8 °C24 April 2006	18.8 °C23 November 2006	28.1 °C	635 mm	353
2005	39.4 °C14 April 2005	18.7 °C26 November 2005	27.8 °C	1,216 mm	324
2004	38.5 °C10 April 2004	20.1 °C24 January 2004	28.1 °C	518 mm	361
2003	37.9 °C29 March 2003	20.6 °C22 December 2003	28.2 °C	593 mm	361
2002	37.6 °C9 May 2002	20.8 °C10 January 2002	28.0 °C	648 mm	351
2001	38.5 °C7 May 2001	19.6 °C8 January 2001	27.8 °C	511 mm	349
2000	37.5 °C4 May 2000	18.9 °C27 January 2000	27.5 °C	512 mm	346
1999	35.3 °C22 April 1999	18.3 °C3 March 1999	26.7 °C	1,093 mm	290
1998	38.7 °C10 April 1998	20.2 °C11 February 1998	27.9 °C	1,047 mm	328
1997	36.9 °C27 August 1997	19.5 °C16 December 1997	27.6 °C	702 mm	326
1996	38.3 °C27 April 1996	18.2 °C14 January 1996	27.1 °C	1,235 mm	316
1995	38.2 °C24 April 1995	20.8 °C10 February 1995	27.5 °C	1,481 mm	333
1994	38.4 °C13 May 1994	19.3 °C6 March 1994	28.0 °C	538 mm	355
1993	38.4 °C16 April 1993	19.5 °C20 December 1993	27.5 °C	1,064 mm	333
1992	39.1 °C5 April 1992	20.0 °C14 January 1992	28.2 °C	451 mm	356
1991	38.1 °C22 April 1991	20.3 °C24 December 1991	28.2 °C	451 mm	353
1990	37.8 °C1 April 1990	21.3 °C8 January 1990	27.9 °C	579 mm	359
1989	36.8 °C24 April 1989	19.7 °C26 February 1989	27.5 °C	674 mm	344
1988	38.7 °C23 April 1988	19.9 °C28 February 1988	27.6 °C	1,244 mm	342
1987	39.1 °C30 April 1987	20.2 °C6 January 1987	28.7 °C	506 mm	360
1986	38.0 °C8 May 1986	19.4 °C8 February 1986	27.3 °C	619 mm	323
1985	36.5 °C23 March 1985	20.0 °C25 December 1985	27.3 °C	683 mm	345
1984	38.0 °C8 May 1984	18.6 °C9 January 1984	27.4 °C	670 mm	339
1983	38.7 °C21 March 1983	20.8 °C6 February 1983	28.3 °C	455 mm	362
1982	37.9 °C11 April 1982	19.9 °C12 December 1982	27.5 °C	862 mm	327
1981	37.9 °C22 April 1981	18.8 °C14 January 1981	27.1 °C	1,197 mm	315
1980	38.3 °C28 April 1980	18.9 °C23 January 1980	27.4 °C	905 mm	321
1979	36.6 °C22 April 1979	19.5 °C21 December 1979	27.3 °C	1,059 mm	328
1978	37.7 °C14 May 1978	19.3 °C24 December 1978	27.5 °C	1,030 mm	341
1977	37.7 °C15 April 1977	18.7 °C20 January 1977	28.0 °C	603 mm	350
1976	36.5 °C13 May 1976	18.1 °C11 February 1976	27.4 °C	611 mm	344
1975	38.8 °C21 May 1975	17.4 °C25 December 1975	27.2 °C	1,456 mm	304
1974	35.5 °C3 April 1974	19.0 °C6 December 1974	26.8 °C	845 mm	323
1973	37.4 °C21 March 1973	19.1 °C20 December 1973	27.2 °C	1,022 mm	323
1972	38.3 °C1 April 1972	20.1 °C22 February 1972	27.6 °C	660 mm	345
1971	36.7 °C28 April 1971	19.5 °C22 January 1971	26.8 °C	1,006 mm	298
1970	36.6 °C2 April 1970	19.2 °C27 November 1970	27.0 °C	1,200 mm	306
1969	39.0 °C8 May 1969	20.5 °C10 January 1969	27.4 °C	1,469 mm	292
1968	36.4 °C2 May 1968	19.6 °C10 February 1968	27.0 °C	1,168 mm	320
1967	37.0 °C23 May 1967	20.6 °C21 March 1967	27.7 °C	507 mm	345
1966	38.0 °C30 March 1966	20.3 °C23 December 1966	27.5 °C	1,060 mm	326
1965	36.9 °C24 April 1965	19.9 °C23 January 1965	27.7 °C	596 mm	347
1964	37.5 °C12 May 1964	20.6 °C28 November 1964	27.5 °C	724 mm	331
1963	36.8 °C4 May 1963	19.2 °C3 January 1963	27.4 °C	889 mm	334
1962	35.9 °C7 April 1962	19.7 °C27 November 1962	26.9 °C	914 mm	323
1961	36.2 °C16 April 1961	20.3 °C7 February 1961	27.0 °C	765 mm	307
1960	36.5 °C2 April 1960	19.6 °C24 January 1960	26.7 °C	1,038 mm	305
1959	36.3 °C21 May 1959	19.0 °C19 February 1959	27.0 °C	554 mm	344
1958	37.7 °C21 April 1958	19.4 °C9 January 1958	27.3 °C	1,228 mm	337
1957	38.4 °C4 May 1957	20.0 °C11 December 1957	27.2 °C	606 mm	344
1956	36.9 °C9 April 1956	17.4 °C9 January 1956	26.6 °C	829 mm	296
1955	37.4 °C9 May 1955	20.0 °C27 December 1955	26.8 °C	1,298 mm	287
1954	36.2 °C23 April 1954	19.7 °C5 February 1954	26.7 °C	1,203 mm	282
1953	36.7 °C9 April 1953	20.5 °C15 February 1953	27.3 °C	899 mm	334
1952	36.9 °C13 April 1952	18.9 °C28 February 1952	27.0 °C	1,094 mm	307
1951	36.5 °C10 May 1951	19.1 °C11 January 1951	27.2 °C	794 mm	341
1950	37.3 °C28 April 1950	19.6 °C14 December 1950	26.5 °C	1,330 mm	280
1949	38.0 °C6 April 1949	20.1 °C17 December 1949	26.8 °C	967 mm	300
1948	36.6 °C27 April 1948	19.7 °C16 January 1948	26.3 °C	1,302 mm	201
1947	36.6 °C6 May 1947	20.2 °C29 January 1947	26.7 °C	849 mm	260
1946	35.8 °C1 April 1946	20.3 °C10 January 1946	26.4 °C	703 mm	277
1945	35.4 °C5 May 1945	17.5 °C7 December 1945	26.2 °C	1,259 mm	263
1944	36.3 °C17 April 1944	19.2 °C15 November 1944	26.5 °C	856 mm	265
1943	35.4 °C12 April 1943	18.3 °C21 December 1943	26.3 °C	834 mm	275
1942	36.4 °C18 March 1942	20.5 °C25 January 1942	26.3 °C	1,295 mm	183
1941	37.4 °C9 April 1941	18.7 °C15 January 1941	27.2 °C	383 mm	335
1940	37.0 °C2 May 1940	20.1 °C31 January 1940	27.2 °C	630 mm	314

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

33.2 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

354 d/yr

+28

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

924 mm

+9 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.3 °C	+0.4 °C	7 mm	+6 mm
Feb	33.3 °C	+0.5 °C	2 mm	+2 mm
Mar	35.2 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Apr	35.5 °C	+0.3 °C	6 mm	-9 mm
May	35.7 °C	+1.7 °C	24 mm	-102 mm
Jun	31.5 °C	-0.1 °C	281 mm	+117 mm
Jul	32.3 °C	+0.5 °C	57 mm	-19 mm
Aug	33.7 °C	+1.3 °C	40 mm	-55 mm
Sep	33.1 °C	+1.5 °C	158 mm	-14 mm
Oct	31.6 °C	+0.7 °C	284 mm	+84 mm
Nov	31.4 °C	+0.2 °C	59 mm	+2 mm
Dec	32.2 °C	+0.6 °C	5 mm	-2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.6 °C

8 Apr 2025

Coldest day

22.2 °C

17 Feb 2025

Wettest day

55.8 mm

6 Jun 2025

Windiest day

31.2 km/h

25 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

67.3 km/h

25 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.7 °C

31 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

22.9 °C

13 Apr 2025

Sunniest day

12.5 h

30 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Tipitapa?

Tipitapa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 915 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tipitapa?

The hottest day measured in Tipitapa between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 2007, reaching 39.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Tipitapa?

The coldest day measured in Tipitapa between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1956, at 17.4 °C.

Does it snow in Tipitapa?

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

Has the climate of Tipitapa warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Tipitapa?

The wettest day measured in Tipitapa between 1940 and 2025 was 12 November 1975, with 256 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Tipitapa?

The windiest day measured in Tipitapa between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1955, with winds reaching 37.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Tipitapa?

The warmest month in Tipitapa is April (29.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (26.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Tipitapa?

Tipitapa receives on average 915 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Tipitapa?

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

Are there tropical nights in Tipitapa?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tipitapa?

In Tipitapa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.9 °C on 3 June 2024, and the lowest was 16.0 °C on 28 February 1952.

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