Boaco weather in August

In August, Boaco sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 144 mm of rain across 21.8 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Boaco's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Boaco's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 144 mm; 21.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 5:34 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 8th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.45 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

Boaco is urban area and departmental capital in Boaco Department, Nicaragua..

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Boaco reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	22
2	29	22
3	29	22
4	29	22
5	29	22
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25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

How August really feels in Boaco

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 7 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Boaco weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 20°	5	1.3	11.3	7.7
Feb	29° / 20°	4	1.1	11.6	7.0
Mar	30° / 20°	4	1.3	11.9	6.0
Apr	32° / 22°	28	5.3	12.3	4.6
May	31° / 22°	187	18.4	12.6	3.5
Jun	29° / 22°	187	23	12.7	3.6
Jul	29° / 22°	95	18.7	12.7	4.3
Aug	29° / 22°	144	21.8	12.4	3.8
Sep	29° / 21°	202	26.2	12.1	3.2
Oct	29° / 21°	202	23.6	11.7	3.8
Nov	28° / 21°	59	9.5	11.4	5.9
Dec	28° / 20°	11	2.6	11.3	7.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	25	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Cloudier (%)	75	76	76	76	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
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20	21	79
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24	21	79
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	21	79

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Boaco gets around 144 mm of rain over 21.8 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 70% and peaks near 81% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	59	60	60	61	62	62	63	64	65	65	66	67	68	69	69	70	71	72	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	78	79	80	80	81	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	59
2	60
3	60
4	61
5	62
6	62
7	63
8	64
9	65
10	65
11	66
12	67
13	68
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27	79
28	80
29	80
30	81
31	81

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	44	44	43	43	42	42	41	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	36	36	35	34	34	33	33	32	32	31
Oppressive (%)	54	54	54	54	55	55	55	56	56	57	57	58	58	59	60	60	61	61	62	62	63	64	64	65	66	66	67	67	68	68	69

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	41	59
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	31	69

Wind in August

Winds average 13 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:32 AM to 5:35 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 5:50 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35
Sunset (PM)	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	5:32	6:05
2	12.5	5:32	6:05
3	12.5	5:32	6:05
4	12.5	5:33	6:04
5	12.5	5:33	6:04
6	12.5	5:33	6:04
7	12.5	5:33	6:03
8	12.5	5:33	6:03
9	12.5	5:33	6:03
10	12.5	5:34	6:02
11	12.5	5:34	6:02
12	12.5	5:34	6:01
13	12.4	5:34	6:01
14	12.4	5:34	6:00
15	12.4	5:34	6:00
16	12.4	5:34	5:59
17	12.4	5:34	5:59
18	12.4	5:34	5:58
19	12.4	5:34	5:58
20	12.4	5:35	5:57
21	12.4	5:35	5:57
22	12.4	5:35	5:56
23	12.3	5:35	5:55
24	12.3	5:35	5:55
25	12.3	5:35	5:54
26	12.3	5:35	5:54
27	12.3	5:35	5:53
28	12.3	5:35	5:52
29	12.3	5:35	5:52
30	12.3	5:35	5:51
31	12.3	5:35	5:50

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.62 kWh/m² to a high of 6.24 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.45 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
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27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Boaco

In seasonPeak

In August, Boaco sits inside its atlantic hurricane and rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Boaco sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Boaco's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Atlantic hurricane

Rainy season

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Is August a good time to visit Boaco?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.8

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

5.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Boaco.

What to pack for Boaco in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Boaco sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Boaco in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Boaco peaks around March 23 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	13	14	14	12	13	12	13	12	12	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Boaco in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Boaco is worst in July — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.6× the cleanest month (December, 5 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	6	7	8	17	21	19	25	18	13	10	6	5
Level	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	6	Good
Feb	7	Good
Mar	8	Good
Apr	17	Moderate
May	21	Moderate
Jun	19	Moderate
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	10	Good
Nov	6	Good
Dec	5	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Boaco?

Boaco sits at 12.5°N, 85.7°W, 335 m above sea level, in Nicaragua. The nearest listed city is Camoapa, 19 km away.

Topography around Boaco

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Boaco.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Boaco has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 357 m around an average of 426 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 937 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,630 m.

The land around Boaco is covered by trees (63%) and grassland (32%) within 3 km, trees (59%) and grassland (40%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

357 m

trees 63%

16 km

937 m

trees 59%

80 km

1,630 m

trees 51%

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← July Boaco year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Camoapa 19 km · Juigalpa 52 km · Tipitapa 57 km · Matagalpa 58 km · Granada 68 km · Río Blanco 70 km · Masaya 73 km · Managua 74 km

Nicaragua travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 34% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,173; 2025
Happiness: 6.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 11.3; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 16.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 512
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Boaco (12.4726°, -85.6596°, elevation 335 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	22
2	29	22
3	29	22
4	29	22
5	29	22
6	29	22
7	29	22
8	29	22
9	29	22
10	29	22
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12	29	22
13	29	22
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	59
2	60
3	60
4	61
5	62
6	62
7	63
8	64
9	65
10	65
11	66
12	67
13	68
14	69
15	69
16	70
17	71
18	72
19	72
20	73
21	74
22	75
23	76
24	77
25	78
26	78
27	79
28	80
29	80
30	81
31	81

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	41	59
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	31	69

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	22
2	29	22
3	29	22
4	29	22
5	29	22
6	29	22
7	29	22
8	29	22
9	29	22
10	29	22
11	29	22
12	29	22
13	29	22
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	59
2	60
3	60
4	61
5	62
6	62
7	63
8	64
9	65
10	65
11	66
12	67
13	68
14	69
15	69
16	70
17	71
18	72
19	72
20	73
21	74
22	75
23	76
24	77
25	78
26	78
27	79
28	80
29	80
30	81
31	81

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	41	59
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	31	69

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	22
2	29	22
3	29	22
4	29	22
5	29	22
6	29	22
7	29	22
8	29	22
9	29	22
10	29	22
11	29	22
12	29	22
13	29	22
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	59
2	60
3	60
4	61
5	62
6	62
7	63
8	64
9	65
10	65
11	66
12	67
13	68
14	69
15	69
16	70
17	71
18	72
19	72
20	73
21	74
22	75
23	76
24	77
25	78
26	78
27	79
28	80
29	80
30	81
31	81

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	41	59
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	31	69