North Caribbean Coast

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Population: 105,233INIDE 2023
Elevation: 193 m
Mean temperature: 26 °CJanuary: 24 °C
Rainy season: May to October
To Managua: 6 h 20 min316 km
To MGA airport: 6 h 10 min

Siuna, Nicaragua — Photo: Drebert revisiting childhood locales near the Ei River Hydro, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

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Climate

In Siuna the rainy season runs from May to October. The wettest month is October (≈189 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 (24 °C).

The town sits at about 193 m above sea level.

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	38	24.3	78
February	27	25.2	71
March	23	26.7	64
April	30	28.4	61
May	124	28	70
June	173	26.4	84
July	148	26	85
August	139	26.1	85
September	149	25.9	87
October	189	25.3	89
November	97	24.6	86
December	53	24.3	83

Getting there and around

Siuna is 316 km from Managua by road, about 6 h 20 min by car at the 50 km/h limit police have enforced since 2025, and 6 h 10 min from Managua International Airport (MGA). The nearest department capital by road is Puerto Cabezas, 4 h 15 min away.

Siuna is on the Caribbean Coast.

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Near Siuna

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).