Climate and average weather in Nagarote

In Nagarote, the weather is humid, sweltering, wet, and mostly clear and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near sweltering levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around October.

Best: late October to late February

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Nagarote typically varies from 23°C to 37°C, and is rarely below 21°C or above 38°C. April is the hottest month of the year, while October is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Nagarote for warm-weather activities is from late October to late February.

Hottest
Apr
37°
Coldest
Oct
24°
Wettest
Oct
235 mm
Driest
Feb
1 mm
Rain / yr
1106 mm
124 wet days
Daylight
11.3–12.7 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
86 m
12.3°N
Clearest
Feb
25% cloud

Nagarote is city and municipal seat in León, Nicaragua.

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

Nagarote weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late October to late February.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Nagarote, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Nagarote stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is April, with an average high of 37°C and low of 25°C; the coolest is October, with an average low of 24°C and high of 32°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 12°C) in March.

20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3423
Feb3523
Mar3624
Apr3725
May3525
Jun3325
Jul3425
Aug3425
Sep3324
Oct3224
Nov3324
Dec3423

How hot and cold Nagarote really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Nagarote feels like about 40°C (around May 3). Nearly every day a year carries some heat stress, and 27 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in May.

20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan35342323
Feb36352323
Mar37362424
Apr39372525
May39352525
Jun37332525
Jul37342525
Aug38342525
Sep37332424
Oct36322424
Nov36332424
Dec35342323

Average hourly temperature in Nagarote

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on April afternoons, near 37°C, and coldest before dawn in October, near 24°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Nagarote weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 23°10.211.44.1
Feb35° / 23°10.211.63.6
Mar36° / 24°20.411.92.7
Apr37° / 25°163.712.31.9
May35° / 25°17116.312.62.1
Jun33° / 25°18219.212.72.7
Jul34° / 25°841212.62.9
Aug34° / 25°13516.712.42.5
Sep33° / 24°22023.612.12.4
Oct32° / 24°23522.511.72.9
Nov33° / 24°568.111.43.8
Dec34° / 23°40.711.34.1

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Nagarote gets about 1106 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 6.1 months, from around May 7 to Nov 9, peaking in September at about 84% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 24.

October is the wettest month by volume, with 235 mm over about 23 wet days; February is the driest, with 1 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetSep 26 · 84%Jan 24 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan10
Feb00
Mar20
Apr124
May5216
Jun6319
Jul4012
Aug5317
Sep7824
Oct7223
Nov278
Dec31

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Nagarote collects about 1106 mm of rain across 124 wet days — roughly 92 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. October is the wettest month with 235 mm, while February is the driest at just 1 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 58% of the year’s total.

050100150200250JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1121617118284135220235564
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan10
Feb10
Mar20
Apr164
May17116
Jun18219
Jul8412
Aug13517
Sep22024
Oct23523
Nov568
Dec41

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Nagarote, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around November 12 and lasts for 5.6 months, ending around April 30. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 92% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 1 and lasts for 6.4 months, ending around November 11. The cloudiest month is September, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 79% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 14 · 92%Jun 1 · 17%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan9010
Feb928
Mar8911
Apr7228
May3169
Jun2278
Jul3070
Aug2872
Sep2179
Oct2575
Nov5644
Dec8119

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around May 29, brings about 12 h 42 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 18 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.46:155:36
Feb11.66:135:49
Mar11.95:585:53
Apr12.35:385:55
May12.65:265:59
Jun12.75:256:08
Jul12.65:326:12
Aug12.45:386:03
Sep12.15:395:43
Oct11.75:405:23
Nov11.45:495:14
Dec11.36:045:21

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Nagarote averages about 11 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 2 and 24 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.3 months, from around Nov 17 to Apr 26. The sunniest month is February, with roughly 24 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is September, down near 3 sunny days — about 89% fewer than the February peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantFeb 924 daysSep 292 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan23Bright
Feb22Brilliant
Mar23Bright
Apr15Bright
May5Gloomy
Jun3Gloomy
Jul4Gloomy
Aug4Gloomy
Sep3Gloomy
Oct3Gloomy
Nov11Mixed
Dec19Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

Nagarote is humid all year round — on a typical day the air feels at least humid, and there is no real dry season to wait for.

The stickiest month is May, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 91% of the time. Even in March, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 10% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMar 14 · 12%May 31 · 0%miserablemuggyoppressivehumidcomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan18474410
Feb18553510
Mar19523430
Apr043645151
May018315010
Jun000147313
Jul00138584
Aug00134596
Sep00097714
Oct00078012
Nov01940482
Dec05286160

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Nagarote is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies a lot with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 4.7 months, from around Nov 30 to Apr 21. The windiest month is February, averaging about 19 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Aug 7 to Nov 29, with October the calmest month at about 7 km/h.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyFeb 9 · 19 km/hOct 15 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan18light breeze
Feb19light breeze
Mar17light breeze
Apr14light breeze
May10calm
Jun10calm
Jul14light breeze
Aug11calm
Sep8calm
Oct7calm
Nov10calm
Dec15light breeze

Hazard calendar for Nagarote

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

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

Nagarote's monsoon runs August–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Best time to visit Nagarote

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Nagarote throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid February, Nagarote is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Nagarote for general outdoor tourist activities is from late October to late February, with a peak score in the first week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 1 · 4.2

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan4.1fair
Feb3.6fair
Mar2.7poor
Apr1.9poor
May2.1poor
Jun2.7poor
Jul2.9poor
Aug2.5poor
Sep2.4poor
Oct2.9poor
Nov3.8fair
Dec4.1fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Nagarote for hot-weather activities is from mid November to mid March, with a peak score in the third week of January.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 19 · 7.9

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Nagarote, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Nagarote packs about the same all year — highs hold near 37°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, sun protection and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In April, Nagarote sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Nagarote

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 37 km away) is warmest in August at about 29°C and coldest in February near 27°C.

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

26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb27Warm
Mar28Warm
Apr28Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov28Tropical
Dec28Warm

UV index (midday) in Nagarote by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nagarote peaks around March 24 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 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 24UV 14Dec 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Average hourly UV index in Nagarote

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan75
Feb86
Mar86
Apr8.56.5
May86
Jun8.56.5
Jul86
Aug86
Sep86
Oct7.55.5
Nov75
Dec74.5

Air quality in Nagarote by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Nagarote 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
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Nagarote is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Nagarote banks about 6,906 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around April.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan570
Feb528
Mar613
Apr623
May618
Jun560
Jul593
Aug595
Sep547
Oct545
Nov543
Dec572

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Nagarote receives about 5.7 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.8 and 6.9 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 3.6 months, from around Jan 28 to May 18. The brightest month is April, averaging about 6.8 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is October, down near 4.8 kWh/m² — roughly 29% less than the April peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseApr 36.9 kWhOct 164.8 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.5Bright
Feb6.1Intense
Mar6.7Intense
Apr6.8Intense
May5.8Bright
Jun5.4Bright
Jul5.8Bright
Aug5.8Bright
Sep5.3Bright
Oct4.8Bright
Nov5.0Bright
Dec5.2Bright

Where is Nagarote?

Nagarote sits at 12.3°N, 86.6°W, 86 m above sea level, in Nicaragua. The nearest listed city is La Paz Centro, 15 km away.

ManaguaLeónEl CruceroSan Rafael del SurTipitapa

Topography around Nagarote

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nagarote has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 81 m around an average of 87 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 485 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,751 m.

The land around Nagarote is covered by grassland (71%) within 3 km, trees (35%), grassland (33%) and water (26%) within 16 km, and trees (35%), water (29%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
81 m
16 km
485 m
80 km
1,751 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
Nearby: La Paz Centro 15 km · Mateare 15 km · Ciudad Sandino 27 km · Managua 37 km · León 39 km · El Crucero 41 km · San Rafael del Sur 48 km · Tipitapa 51 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 Nagarote (12.2659°, -86.5647°, elevation 86 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).