Climate Corinto Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chinandega Germán Pomares Ordóñez Airport (MNCH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	94.2	96	99	98	97	94
February	95.5	96	99	98	95	98
March	94.8	96	98	99	97	95
April	88.5		89	97	97	91
May	84.0		71	88	97
June	87.1		88	78	88	85
July	91.4		93	93	92	93
August	88.6		86	89	89	89
September	87.1		92	77	86	88
October	81.6		72	88	90	84
November	92.4		90	89	99	80
December	96.7		100	99	99	99
Average	90.6	95.6	89.4	90.8	93.9	90.6

2nd best VFR conditions of Nicaragua

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	97.8	96	100	100	99	99
February	98.8	99	100	100	100	100
March	99.0	100	100	99	99	99
April	96.4		97	100	99	98
May	96.1		94	99	100
June	96.2		99	91	97	96
July	97.8		99	99	98	98
August	96.1		97	100	98	94
September	96.9		99	95	99	98
October	95.5		97	97	98	98
November	98.4		100	97	100	95
December	98.5		100	100	100	100
Average	97.3	98.4	98.5	98.1	98.8	97.7

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	33.6	35	33	34	34	34
February	34.2	35	35	35	35	36
March	35.5	36	35	35	36	36
April	35.1		35	34	35	37
May	33.4		35	33	35
June	31.8		33	30	33	33
July	33.6		34	33	34	34
August	32.8		33	32	33	32
September	32.2		34	31	32	32
October	31.3		32	31	32	31
November	31.8		32	31	32	31
December	33.0		34	32	33	33
Average	33.4	35.5	33.7	32.6	33.5	33.2

1st highest temperature of Nicaragua

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	21.0	22	21	21	21	21
February	21.2	22	22	22	22	22
March	22.6	24	22	23	22	22
April	23.6		23	23	23	24
May	24.5		24	24	24
June	23.7		24	22	24	24
July	23.9		25	23	24	24
August	23.0		24	23	23	24
September	23.3		23	24	24	23
October	22.8		22	23	23	23
November	22.7		24	23	23	23
December	21.8		23	21	21	22
Average	22.8	22.6	23.0	22.6	22.8	22.8

4th lowest temperature of Nicaragua

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.1	0	1	0	0	0
April	0.3		0	1	0	0
May	4.0		3	6	3
June	7.5		5	25	7	1
July	2.6		2	6	4	1
August	4.6		4	10	5	10
September	5.5		1	19	8	5
October	9.2		12	11	5	7
November	5.7		5	5	1	23
December	0.2		0	1	1	0
Average	2.9	0.1	2.8	7.0	2.8	4.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.9	4	4	3	4	4
February	4.1	4	5	4	4	4
March	3.7	4	4	4	3	4
April	3.5		4	4	3	3
May	3.2		4	3	3
June	3.0		3	3	3	3
July	3.1		3	3	3	3
August	3.0		3	3	3	3
September	3.0		3	3	3	3
October	3.0		4	3	3	3
November	3.0		3	3	3	3
December	3.5		4	4	3	3
Average	3.4	3.8	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.2

1st highest wind speed of Nicaragua

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	048°	034°	073°	036°	057°
February	058°	028°	038°	050°	063°
March	135°	091°	160°	064°	086°
April		159°	156°	148°	136°
May		138°	143°	150°
June		122°	125°	144°	070°
July		040°	049°	069°	110°
August		130°	119°	134°	129°
September		152°	139°	138°	161°
October		128°	176°	152°	157°
November		050°	093°	061°	207°
December		022°	017°	036°	035°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.