Masatepe weather in August

In August, Masatepe sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 232 mm of rain across 24.3 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Masatepe's 8th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Masatepe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
6th warmest
Overnight low
23°
8th coldest
Rainfall
232 mm
24.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:37 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover
75%
8th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Masatepe is Town in Nicaragua, administrative seat of the Masatepe Municipality in the Masaya Department.

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Masatepe reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Masatepe

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Masatepe weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 22°40.911.46.0
Feb32° / 22°30.711.65.5
Mar33° / 22°51.311.94.6
Apr34° / 23°325.712.33.5
May32° / 24°23820.112.52.9
Jun30° / 23°28124.712.73.0
Jul30° / 23°17621.212.63.5
Aug31° / 23°23224.312.43.1
Sep30° / 23°3182812.12.7
Oct30° / 22°31826.711.73.1
Nov30° / 22°1021311.54.6
Dec30° / 22°132.611.35.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22773
32773
42773
52674
62674
72674
82674
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112575
122575
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312278

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Masatepe gets around 232 mm of rain over 24.3 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 78% and peaks near 87% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
168
268
369
470
571
672
773
874
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3187

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 91% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
113861
213852
312862
412862
511872
611872
710882
810882
99901
109901
118911
128911
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217930
227930
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256940
266940
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295941
305941
314951

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
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1012light breeze
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319calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 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 5:35 AM to 5:37 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 5:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:356:07
212.55:356:06
312.55:356:06
412.55:356:06
512.55:356:05
612.55:366:05
712.55:366:05
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1412.45:376:02
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.83 kWh/m² to a high of 6.8 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.81 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Masatepe

In seasonPeak

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

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

Masatepe's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is August a good time to visit Masatepe?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Masatepe.

What to pack for Masatepe in August

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

In August, Masatepe sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Masatepe in August

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 41 km away) is warmest in September at about 29°C and coldest in February near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb26Warm
Mar26Warm
Apr27Warm
May29Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul28Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct28Tropical
Nov28Warm
Dec27Warm

UV index in Masatepe 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 Masatepe peaks around March 22 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 22UV 14Dec 14UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Masatepe 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 Masatepe is worst in July — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.5× the cleanest month (January, 7 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1625 µg/m³Jan 187 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb9Good
Mar10Good
Apr21Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Masatepe?

Masatepe sits at 11.9°N, 86.1°W, 456 m above sea level, in Nicaragua. The nearest listed city is San Marcos, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Masatepe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Masatepe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 241 m around an average of 426 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 797 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,591 m.

The land around Masatepe is covered by trees (88%) within 3 km, trees (73%) within 16 km, and water (43%), trees (31%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
241 m
16 km
797 m
80 km
1,591 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: San Marcos 6.0 km · Masaya 8.0 km · Jinotepe 9.0 km · Diriamba 12 km · El Crucero 20 km · Nandaime 20 km · Granada 21 km · Managua 27 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 Masatepe (11.9145°, -86.1446°, elevation 456 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). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).