Living in El Tuma-La Dalia
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- Population
- 81,043INIDE 2023
- Elevation
- 762 m
- Mean temperature
- 23 °CDecember: 21 °C
- Rainy season
- May to October
- To Managua
- 3 h 30 min173 km
- To MGA airport
- 3 h 20 min
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Climate
In El Tuma-La Dalia the rainy season runs from May to October, with a drier spell in July (the canícula). The wettest month is September (≈235 mm) and the driest is February. The mean annual temperature is about 23 °C: April is the warmest month (25 °C on average) and December the coolest (21 °C).
The town sits at about 762 m above sea level, which makes it cooler than the Pacific lowland cities.
Show the monthly data
| Month | Rain (mm) | Mean temp (°C) | Humidity (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8 | 21.3 | 76 |
| February | 7 | 22.4 | 69 |
| March | 10 | 23.8 | 62 |
| April | 30 | 25.3 | 61 |
| May | 166 | 24.4 | 73 |
| June | 196 | 22.9 | 85 |
| July | 112 | 22.7 | 84 |
| August | 139 | 22.9 | 84 |
| September | 235 | 22.5 | 88 |
| October | 225 | 22 | 89 |
| November | 49 | 21.4 | 85 |
| December | 18 | 21.2 | 82 |
Getting there and around
El Tuma-La Dalia is 173 km from Managua by road, about 3 h 30 min by car at the 50 km/h limit police have enforced since 2025, and 3 h 20 min from Managua International Airport (MGA). The nearest department capital by road is Matagalpa, 53 min away.
El Tuma-La Dalia is on the central and northern highlands.
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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).