Masaya
City in Nicaragua: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Masaya is a city in Nicaragua, in Masaya Department. About 130,113 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Nicaragua in our atlas.
It lies at 11.97° N, 86.10° W, about 242 m (794 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Managua time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Masaya. Green dots: other major cities of Nicaragua. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Masaya 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.
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- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3617723 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q933439 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.