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Living in Moyogalpa

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Population
10,634INIDE 2023
Elevation
20 m
Mean temperature
28 °CJanuary: 27 °C
Rainy season
May to November
To Managua
4 h 20 min132 km
To MGA airport
4 h 30 min
Moyogalpa, Nicaragua
Photo: Martin Kulldorff, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

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    Climate

    In Moyogalpa the rainy season runs from May to November, with a drier spell in July (the canícula). The wettest month is October (≈316 mm) and the driest is January. The mean annual temperature is about 28 °C: April is the warmest month (30 °C on average) and January the coolest (27 °C).

    The town sits at about 20 m above sea level.

    2Jan2Feb3Mar23Apr187May182Jun119Jul178Aug276Sep316Oct133Nov9Dec
    Average rain per month (mm). Coloured bars are months with 100 mm or more.
    Show the monthly data
    MonthRain (mm)Mean temp (°C)Humidity (%)
    January227.172
    February227.867
    March328.763
    April2329.763
    May18729.371
    June18228.379
    July11928.179
    August17828.378
    September27628.179
    October31627.680
    November13327.379
    December927.176

    Getting there and around

    Moyogalpa is 132 km from Managua by road, about 4 h 20 min by car including the San Jorge–Moyogalpa ferry at the 50 km/h limit police have enforced since 2025, and 4 h 30 min from Managua International Airport (MGA). The nearest department capital by road is Rivas, 2 h 45 min away.

    Moyogalpa is on the Pacific side.

    Before you move

    Near Moyogalpa

    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).