Dos Montes Airport

MNDM · Matagalpa, Nicaragua

Climate Dos Montes Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Jinotega (MNJG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 60.8 61 56 60 49 59
February 69.2 77 62 61 70 73
March 64.9 63 61 62 59 57
April 67.8 59 65 59 85
May 46.7 57 40 52
June 28.6 27 13 32 26
July 34.2 20 26 37 42
August 38.9 47 23 38 33
September 47.6 62 35 42 59
October 37.8 35 48 49 36
November 43.2 31 28 56 25
December 50.0 45 53 47 53
Average 51.3 66.7 46.4 42.3 48.8 49.6

5th 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 91.8 87 90 88 93 87
February 92.8 97 85 92 95 93
March 94.9 94 95 98 95 92
April 95.4 84 99 95 98
May 89.8 96 91 92
June 83.6 78 76 91 80
July 81.2 74 75 67 89
August 85.8 89 81 73 89
September 88.3 93 87 75 95
October 85.1 90 88 79 88
November 85.0 81 74 85 73
December 88.6 85 86 80 96
Average 89.1 92.8 86.5 86.0 84.7 89.2

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 24.0 26 23 24 24 25
February 25.1 27 24 25 25 26
March 26.3 30 26 26 25 25
April 28.0 28 28 27 29
May 27.6 29 28 27
June 26.2 28 25 26 26
July 25.9 26 25 26 27
August 26.5 27 26 27 26
September 26.9 28 26 26 27
October 26.0 27 26 27 26
November 24.7 25 25 24 24
December 23.9 25 24 24 23
Average 26.0 27.2 26.3 25.5 25.6 25.6

6th 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 16.9 18 17 17 18 17
February 16.5 16 17 16 16 16
March 17.7 19 18 18 18 18
April 18.5 18 19 18 18
May 19.8 20 20 19
June 19.6 20 19 20 20
July 19.8 21 20 20 19
August 19.5 20 19 19 20
September 19.1 20 19 18 19
October 18.5 20 19 19 19
November 18.7 19 19 19 19
December 17.8 18 18 18 18
Average 18.4 17.4 19.1 18.5 18.3 18.3

2nd 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 7.9 10 10 6 10 15
February 7.6 2 17 7 7 7
March 4.2 1 6 2 6 10
April 1.4 1 2 3 0
May 9.1 4 8 8
June 14.8 15 23 11 17
July 15.3 21 24 11 12
August 12.0 9 18 8 13
September 9.2 5 13 10 6
October 13.4 13 9 9 14
November 11.6 15 15 8 26
December 10.8 12 14 15 7
Average 9.2 4.1 10.4 11.6 8.8 11.5

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 8.2 8 8 8 9 7
February 6.9 7 8 7 7 7
March 6.3 5 4 7 8 6
April 4.1 3 5 5 3
May 3.4 4 3 4
June 4.2 4 3 3 6
July 7.2 8 7 7 6
August 4.6 4 5 4 4
September 3.3 5 2 4 2
October 3.7 3 5 4 3
November 7.0 7 7 9 4
December 8.4 8 9 8 8
Average 5.7 6.2 5.4 5.6 5.9 5.0

6th 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 017° 020° 019° 001° 004°
February 017° 012° 011° 001° 011°
March 018° 033° 015° 016° 003°
April 025° 012° 028° 005°
May 030° 008° 018°
June 027° 044° 009° 003°
July 028° 041° 022° 002°
August 035° 022° 004° 360°
September 022° 017° 011° 003°
October 009° 016° 008° 001°
November 024° 003° 011° 001°
December 014° 017° 017° 360°

Prevailing wind direction

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