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Last and first frost dates in Matagalpa

Nicaragua

Matagalpa had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

Last spring frostnone in ten years
First autumn frostnone in ten years

Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.

There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

When the soil warms up in Matagalpa

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

SoilDate
5 °Calready in the first week of January
10 °Calready in the first week of January
15 °Calready in the first week of January
18 °Calready in the first week of January

Frost dates near Matagalpa

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Managua95 km——
León (Nicaragua)118 km——
Choluteca145 km——
Tegucigalpa191 km——
Comayagua251 km——

Weather in Matagalpa by month

Average weather in Matagalpa over 2016–2025: the warmest month is April. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (25.1–29.6 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in February, average 17.3 °C. About 1356 mm of rain falls in a year, on 170 days; October is the wettest month (304 mm) and January the driest (10 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January25.817.5103
February26.717.3105
March28.117.8164
April29.618.8409
May28.519.823020
June2619.519923
July26.319.75715
August27.319.611119
September27.119.321423
October25.918.930426
November25.418.613715
December25.118.1288

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).