Living in El Tortuguero
Climate, distances, population and housing in El Tortuguero, from public data. Looking for a home here? Tell us what you need and we will send options from owners and agents.
- Population
- 61,007INIDE 2023
- Elevation
- 15 m
- Mean temperature
- 26 °CJanuary: 25 °C
- Rainy season
- May to November
- To Managua
- 7 h 35 min380 km
- To MGA airport
- 7 h 25 min
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Climate
In El Tortuguero the rainy season runs from May to November. The wettest month is October (≈269 mm) and the driest is March. The mean annual temperature is about 26 °C: April is the warmest month (29 °C on average) and January the coolest (25 °C).
The town sits at about 15 m above sea level.
Show the monthly data
| Month | Rain (mm) | Mean temp (°C) | Humidity (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55 | 24.6 | 83 |
| February | 31 | 25.7 | 75 |
| March | 22 | 27.2 | 66 |
| April | 28 | 28.8 | 64 |
| May | 140 | 28.5 | 73 |
| June | 185 | 27 | 86 |
| July | 175 | 26.6 | 88 |
| August | 169 | 26.6 | 88 |
| September | 190 | 26.4 | 90 |
| October | 269 | 25.9 | 92 |
| November | 167 | 25.1 | 91 |
| December | 73 | 24.8 | 88 |
Getting there and around
El Tortuguero is 380 km from Managua by road, about 7 h 35 min by car at the 50 km/h limit police have enforced since 2025, and 7 h 25 min from Managua International Airport (MGA). The nearest department capital by road is Juigalpa, 4 h 50 min away.
El Tortuguero is on the Caribbean Coast.
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Near El Tortuguero
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).