Gardening in Nicaragua: climate, frost dates and crops by region

None of the 4 cities of Nicaragua on this page had frost in 2016–2025, so gardens there follow warmth and rain rather than frost dates. The warmest month averages 36.8 °C by day in León (Nicaragua) and 29.1 °C in Bluefields.

Climate zones of Nicaragua

By the days between the last spring frost and the first autumn frost.

Zone	Cities	Frost-free days	Last spring frost	First autumn frost
No frost in ten years	Matagalpa, León (Nicaragua), Managua, Bluefields	—	—	—

How the regions of Nicaragua differ

The gap between the warmest month’s days and the coldest month’s nights is widest in León (Nicaragua) (14.4 °C) and smallest in Bluefields (6.1 °C): the smaller it is, the milder both winter and summer. Bluefields is the wettest of these cities with 3,515 mm a year, Matagalpa the driest with 1,356 mm.

Which crops suit which part of Nicaragua

Cities without a spring frost: months that suit each crop

Months whose average day is not above the highest temperature on the plant card and whose average night is not below its lowest.

City	Tomato	Cucumber	Bell Pepper	Eggplant	Watermelon
Matagalpa	June, July and October–February	April–December	all year	none	April–December
León (Nicaragua)	none	May–January	none	none	May–January
Managua	none	all year	none	none	all year
Bluefields	none	all year	all year	June–August and October–April	all year

Cities of Nicaragua: weather in numbers

City	Frost-free days	Warmest month, day	Coldest month, night	Rain a year	Driest month	Places to buy
Matagalpa	no frost	April, 29.6 °C	February, 17.3 °C	1,356 mm	January	4
León (Nicaragua)	no frost	March, 36.8 °C	December, 22.4 °C	2,286 mm	February	11
Managua	no frost	April, 34.6 °C	February, 24.5 °C	1,511 mm	February	27
Bluefields	no frost	May, 29.1 °C	January, 23 °C	3,515 mm	March	2

ERA5 2016–2025 via Open-Meteo, 25 km grid cell of each city; dates by the Greenly calendar and the plant cards.