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Living in Bluefields

Climate, distances, population and housing in Bluefields, from public data. Looking for a home here? Tell us what you need and we will send options from owners and agents.

Population
58,633INIDE 2023
Elevation
11 m
Mean temperature
26 °CJanuary: 25 °C
Rainy season
May to December
To Managua
7 h 40 min382 km
To MGA airport
7 h 30 min
Bluefields, Nicaragua
Photo: 一井 潤一, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Homes in Bluefields

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Climate

In Bluefields the rainy season runs from May to December. The wettest month is October (≈424 mm) and the driest is March. The mean annual temperature is about 26 °C: April is the warmest month (28 °C on average) and January the coolest (25 °C).

The town sits at about 11 m above sea level.

94Jan48Feb38Mar62Apr272May337Jun352Jul315Aug337Sep424Oct328Nov137Dec
Average rain per month (mm). Coloured bars are months with 100 mm or more.
Show the monthly data
MonthRain (mm)Mean temp (°C)Humidity (%)
January9425.185
February4825.779
March3826.674
April6227.574
May27227.482
June33726.889
July35226.790
August31526.790
September33726.790
October42426.490
November32825.990
December13725.587

Getting there and around

Bluefields is 382 km from Managua by road, about 7 h 40 min by car at the 50 km/h limit police have enforced since 2025, and 7 h 30 min from Managua International Airport (MGA).

Bluefields is on the Caribbean Coast.

Before you move

Near Bluefields

Sources: INIDE 2023 population estimate (via citypopulation.de); NASA POWER monthly climatology 2001–2025; Distances: OSRM on OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); times at the 50 km/h limit; GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).