Juigalpa weather in January

In January, Juigalpa sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 9 mm of rain across 2.9 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-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 52% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Juigalpa's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Juigalpa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
10th warmest
Overnight low
22°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
9 mm
2.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
6:10 AM – 5:32 PM
Cloud cover
43%
3rd clearest
Wind
20 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.66 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Juigalpa is city in municipality of Juigalpa, Chontales 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 29°C through the month.

A typical January day in Juigalpa 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 28°C and 31°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 Juigalpa

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.

Juigalpa weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 22°92.911.46.5
Feb30° / 22°62.111.66.1
Mar31° / 23°51.111.95.4
Apr33° / 24°243.912.34.2
May32° / 24°15917.812.53.2
Jun30° / 24°17124.712.73.1
Jul30° / 24°932212.63.5
Aug30° / 24°12723.712.43.2
Sep30° / 23°18425.812.13.0
Oct29° / 23°2272511.73.4
Nov29° / 23°7611.611.45.1
Dec29° / 22°16411.36.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18119
28119
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48119
58119
68119
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Juigalpa gets around 9 mm of rain over 2.9 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 10% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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511
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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 75% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 85% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
12116423
22116522
32116621
42116819
53116818
63116917
73117016
83117115
93117214
103117313
114117312
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134117510
14411769
15411778
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31311815

Wind in January

Winds average 20 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
120breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of January to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:06 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 5:24 PM to 5:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.36:065:24
211.36:065:24
311.36:065:25
411.36:075:25
511.36:075:26
611.36:075:26
711.36:085:27
811.36:085:27
911.36:085:28
1011.36:095:28
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1411.36:105:31
1511.46:105:31
1611.46:105:32
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1911.46:105:33
2011.46:115:34
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3011.56:115:38
3111.56:115:39

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.66 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.36 kWh/m² to a high of 6.15 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 4.66 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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284.9Bright
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304.9Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Juigalpa

In seasonPeak

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

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

Juigalpa's rainy season runs August–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 Juigalpa?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.4
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Juigalpa for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Juigalpa in January

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

In January, Juigalpa sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection and a windbreaker.

light clothessun protectiona windbreaker

UV index in Juigalpa 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 Juigalpa peaks around March 23 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Juigalpa 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 Juigalpa is worst in July — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.5× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1625 µg/m³Dec 206 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb8Good
Mar9Good
Apr17Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul26Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov7Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Juigalpa?

Juigalpa sits at 12.1°N, 85.4°W, 105 m above sea level, in Nicaragua. The nearest listed city is Camoapa, 35 km away.

CamoapaBoacoGranadaTipitapaMasayaNandaimeMasatepeRivas

Topography around Juigalpa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Juigalpa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 187 m around an average of 93 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 934 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,560 m.

The land around Juigalpa is covered by trees (42%) and grassland (42%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and trees (49%) within 16 km, and trees (44%), grassland (29%) and water (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
187 m
16 km
934 m
80 km
1,560 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Camoapa 35 km · Boaco 52 km · Granada 67 km · Tipitapa 80 km · Masaya 81 km · Nandaime 84 km · Masatepe 87 km · Rivas 90 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 Juigalpa (12.1059°, -85.3655°, elevation 105 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).