Boaco weather in January

In January, Boaco sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 5 mm of rain across 1.3 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Boaco's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Boaco's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
11th warmest
Overnight low
20°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
5 mm
1.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
6:12 AM – 5:32 PM
Cloud cover
39%
3rd clearest
Wind
18 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.93 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.7
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.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical January day in Boaco reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Boaco

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Boaco weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 20°51.311.37.7
Feb29° / 20°41.111.67.0
Mar30° / 20°41.311.96.0
Apr32° / 22°285.312.34.6
May31° / 22°18718.412.63.5
Jun29° / 22°1872312.73.6
Jul29° / 22°9518.712.74.3
Aug29° / 22°14421.812.43.8
Sep29° / 21°20226.212.13.2
Oct29° / 21°20223.611.73.8
Nov28° / 21°599.511.45.9
Dec28° / 20°112.611.37.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18317
28317
38317
48218
58218
68218
78218
88218
98218
108317
118317
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Boaco gets around 5 mm of rain over 1.3 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 5% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
17
27
37
47
57
67
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312

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 57% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 58% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
10626662
20627652
31628632
41628632
51629622
61729612
71730602
81731592
91732582
101732582
111733572
121734571
131735561
141735561
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201836550
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221837540
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241837540
251838530
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271738540
281738540
291738540
301739530
311739530

Wind in January

Winds average 18 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
218light breeze
318light breeze
418light breeze
518light breeze
618light breeze
718light breeze
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918light breeze
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3118light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:07 AM to 6:13 AM, and sunset from 5:24 PM to 5:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.36:075:24
211.36:085:25
311.36:085:25
411.36:095:26
511.36:095:26
611.36:095:27
711.36:105:27
811.36:105:28
911.36:105:28
1011.36:105:29
1111.36:115:29
1211.36:115:30
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1511.36:125:32
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1911.46:125:34
2011.46:125:34
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2311.46:135:36
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2711.46:135:38
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2911.46:135:39
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3111.46:135:39

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.93 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 — January's 4.93 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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215.0Bright
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245.1Bright
255.1Bright
265.1Bright
275.1Bright
285.1Bright
295.2Bright
305.2Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Boaco

In seasonPeak

None of Boaco's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Boaco?

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

7.7
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.5
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Boaco for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Boaco in January

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

In January, Boaco sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Boaco in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 11 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 23UV 14Dec 14UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Boaco in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January 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).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1624 µg/m³Dec 215 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb7Good
Mar8Good
Apr17Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov6Good
Dec5Good
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.

JuigalpaTipitapaMatagalpaGranadaRío BlancoMasayaManagua

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
16 km
937 m
80 km
1,630 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January 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
Roman Catholic 45%Protestant 39%none 14%other 1%

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).