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Nicaragua

Plan a visit or move to Nicaragua with current conditions, practical signals, maps, local people, and sourced context.

Updated Saturday, September 12, 2026 · sourced live layer and versioned editorial content

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Climate normals · 2016–2025

When to go: Nicaragua month by month

Judged purely on 2016–2025 weather records, the friendliest months in Nicaragua are typically January, February and December, with average daytime highs around 32–33°C. April is usually the warmest month (average high 35°C), February the coldest (average low 23°C), and October the wettest (about 370 mm). These are long-run averages, not a forecast.

Monthly averages computed from 2016–2025 Open-Meteo historical weather records for this location. Long-run averages, not a forecast.
Month	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)	Rain (mm)	Sunshine (h/day)
January	32.3	23.4	11	11.1
February	33.0	23.3	10	11.5
March	34.3	23.7	11	11.8
April	35.0	24.7	28	11.8
May	33.0	24.9	209	10.4
June	30.5	24.4	241	9.7
July	31.5	24.7	110	10.7
August	31.5	24.5	164	10.5
September	31.2	24.3	225	10.2
October	30.1	23.9	370	9.2
November	30.6	23.9	154	10.0
December	31.5	23.7	29	10.6

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Past and future events in Nicaragua

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Past · documented context

Previously

Documented history · 1200
The Nicarao people were a branch of Nahuas who spoke the Nawat dialect and also came from Chiapas, around 1200 CE.

Buildings and landmarks

Bosawás Biosphere Reserve
Second‑largest tropical rainforest of the Americas, located in northern Nicaragua.
Lake Nicaragua
One of the largest lakes in Central America, central to the country’s nickname “land of lakes and volcanoes”.
Lake Xolotlán (Lake Managua)
Large lake adjacent to the capital city Managua.
Masaya Volcano
Active volcano and popular tourist destination near the city of Masaya.
Managua
National capital and largest city of Nicaragua.
Granada
Historic colonial city founded in 1524 on the shores of Lake Nicaragua.

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01 · Overview

Nicaragua, in brief

Nicaragua is mapped here through verified geographic facts and source-linked daily data. Its longer editorial profile is in the enrichment queue.

02 · History