El Papalonal Airport

MNPP · León, Nicaragua

Climate El Papalonal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Augusto C. Sandino (Managua) International Airport (MNMG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.6 99 95 95 96 98
February 94.2 99 94 93 95 98
March 97.2 96 99 98 97 96
April 96.8 93 97 100 97
May 93.4 93 94 97
June 92.8 92 86 95 91
July 93.9 95 91 95 96
August 94.9 94 95 95 93
September 95.5 99 94 95 96
October 92.7 93 94 95 94
November 94.5 96 93 99 79
December 95.9 98 97 94 97
Average 95.2 98.0 95.0 93.6 96.1 94.1

1st 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 99.8 100 100 100 99 100
February 99.3 100 100 100 100 100
March 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.6 100 100 100 100
May 99.3 100 99 100
June 99.5 99 99 100 100
July 99.1 100 98 99 100
August 99.3 100 100 100 98
September 99.5 99 99 100 100
October 98.4 99 98 100 99
November 99.5 99 100 100 99
December 99.7 100 100 99 99
Average 99.5 100.0 99.6 99.2 99.6 99.4

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 32.3 34 32 33 32 33
February 33.0 34 33 33 33 34
March 34.2 36 33 35 34 34
April 34.9 35 35 35 36
May 33.5 36 34 35
June 32.1 33 30 34 32
July 32.5 33 32 33 33
August 32.7 34 32 33 32
September 32.6 35 32 32 33
October 31.6 33 32 33 32
November 31.8 32 31 32 31
December 31.8 32 31 32 31
Average 32.9 34.4 33.3 32.4 33.1 32.6

2nd 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 21.6 23 21 21 22 22
February 21.4 21 20 19 22 23
March 23.1 25 22 23 22 23
April 24.0 24 23 24 24
May 23.3 23 18 25
June 20.6 13 11 24 25
July 20.9 15 15 24 24
August 21.7 19 15 24 24
September 22.1 22 13 24 24
October 21.2 17 16 23 24
November 20.8 18 14 22 23
December 21.9 23 22 22 22
Average 22.0 23.1 19.7 17.2 23.1 23.2

1st 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 1.3 0 2 1 4 1
February 2.1 1 4 4 1 0
March 0.6 0 1 0 2 1
April 0.4 0 1 1 0
May 7.7 4 7 4
June 13.7 12 29 8 14
July 11.0 16 21 10 7
August 10.9 13 17 5 18
September 6.8 6 11 6 5
October 11.7 12 12 3 9
November 8.4 11 9 4 28
December 2.3 2 4 2 2
Average 5.8 0.2 7.0 9.8 4.3 7.5

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 11.6 11 9 11 11 12
February 12.6 11 13 12 11 13
March 11.9 10 10 12 12 13
April 10.3 9 10 10 11
May 7.9 9 6 10
June 7.5 6 6 8 9
July 8.9 8 8 9 8
August 7.9 8 7 7 7
September 6.5 7 6 6 5
October 5.7 5 6 6 5
November 6.8 6 6 7 6
December 9.8 9 9 10 9
Average 9.1 10.3 8.2 8.1 8.9 8.8

2nd 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 074° 086° 089° 084° 089°
February 073° 081° 089° 090° 091°
March 082° 098° 089° 089° 087°
April 100° 093° 093° 101°
May 095° 107° 092°
June 087° 088° 100° 099°
July 073° 087° 089° 097°
August 081° 097° 098° 098°
September 085° 097° 101° 106°
October 096° 115° 098° 102°
November 078° 093° 091° 094°
December 074° 086° 084° 090°

Prevailing wind direction

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