Managua
Capital of Nicaragua: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Managua is the capital of Nicaragua, in Managua Department. About 973,087 people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Nicaragua in our atlas.
It lies at 12.13° N, 86.25° W, about 108 m (354 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Managua time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Managua. Green dots: other major cities of Nicaragua. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Managua has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 35°C (95°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 22°C (72°F). Around 1,452 mm (57 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Oct.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in NicaraguaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3617763 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q131546626 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Estadio Nacional Dennis Martinez : hsd291, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- PalacioNacional: No machine-readable author provided. LaNicoya~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ed. Benjamín Zeledón: Isramael9, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
