Jinotega department

Living in Jinotega

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Population: 153,028INIDE 2023
Elevation: 1,007 m
Mean temperature: 22 °CNovember: 20 °C
Rainy season: May to October
To Managua: 2 h 50 min142 km
To MGA airport: 2 h 40 min

Jinotega, Nicaragua — Photo: HeraldFrancisco NI, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Homes in Jinotega

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Climate

In Jinotega the rainy season runs from May to October, with a drier spell in July (the canícula). The wettest month is September (≈259 mm) and the driest is January. The mean annual temperature is about 22 °C: April is the warmest month (25 °C on average) and November the coolest (20 °C).

The town sits at about 1,007 m above sea level, which makes it cooler than the Pacific lowland cities.

Average rain per month (mm). Coloured bars are months with 100 mm or more.

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Month	Rain (mm)	Mean temp (°C)	Humidity (%)
January	4	20.7	70
February	4	21.9	63
March	10	23.4	57
April	35	24.8	57
May	184	23.6	71
June	211	21.9	83
July	105	21.8	80
August	144	22.1	79
September	259	21.5	85
October	242	20.9	87
November	42	20.2	83
December	17	20.2	78

Getting there and around

Jinotega is 142 km from Managua by road, about 2 h 50 min by car at the 50 km/h limit police have enforced since 2025, and 2 h 40 min from Managua International Airport (MGA).

Jinotega is on the central and northern highlands.

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Near Jinotega

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).