Matagalpa
Nicaragua
The cool, mountainous capital of Nicaragua's coffee country encircled by dense cloud forests and eco-farms.
Warmest month is April at 28°C on average. Coolest is January at 24°C.
Six lead datapoints
- CoffeeWorld Bank PPP baseline$1.50 (~$1.50)PPP price tier 1 / 4
- $2.00 (~$2.00)PPP price tier 1 / 4
- Flight timeMethodology11h 30m from London HeathrowGreat-circle plus routing overhead.
- Flight CO2eDEFRA 2024 factors3,273 kg return from London HeathrowDEFRA 2024 economy factors, includes radiative forcing.
- Tap waterCDC / WHO guidanceDo not drink from the tap; use bottled or treated water.
| Month | Avg high | Swing | Rain days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | ±3° | · |
| February | 25° | ±3° | · |
| March | 27° | ±3° | · |
| April | 28° | ±3° | · |
| May | 28° | ±3° | · |
| June | 27° | ±3° | · |
| July | 26° | ±2° | · |
| August | 27° | ±2° | · |
| September | 27° | ±2° | · |
| October | 26° | ±2° | · |
| November | 25° | ±2° | · |
| December | 24° | ±2° | · |
What to do
- Tour a working sustainable coffee finca
- Hike through the cloud forest of Reserva Natural Cerro Apante
- Buy black ceramics straight from regional artisans
- Visit the eccentric Carlos Fonseca birth house museum
How we know this
Values are the average of the last ten calendar years of daily readings from Visual Crossing, snapped to the destination cluster. Swing is the p10 to p90 range of daily highs, halved for the ± figure. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.