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Living in Somoto

Climate, distances, population and housing in Somoto, from public data. Looking for a home here? Tell us what you need and we will send options from owners and agents.

Population
40,573INIDE 2023
Elevation
683 m
Mean temperature
25 °CNovember: 23 °C
Rainy season
May to October
To Managua
4 h 20 min217 km
To MGA airport
4 h 10 min
Somoto, Nicaragua
Photo: WillSV, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Homes in Somoto

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Climate

In Somoto the rainy season runs from May to October, with a drier spell in July (the canícula). The wettest month is September (≈240 mm) and the driest is January. The mean annual temperature is about 25 °C: April is the warmest month (28 °C on average) and November the coolest (23 °C).

The town sits at about 683 m above sea level, which makes it cooler than the Pacific lowland cities.

5Jan5Feb9Mar39Apr187May216Jun104Jul142Aug240Sep226Oct40Nov24Dec
Average rain per month (mm). Coloured bars are months with 100 mm or more.
Show the monthly data
MonthRain (mm)Mean temp (°C)Humidity (%)
January523.563
February52556
March926.552
April3927.653
May18726.169
June21624.282
July10424.477
August14224.975
September2402482
October22623.285
November4022.580
December2422.872

Getting there and around

Somoto is 217 km from Managua by road, about 4 h 20 min by car at the 50 km/h limit police have enforced since 2025, and 4 h 10 min from Managua International Airport (MGA).

Somoto is on the central and northern highlands.

Before you move

Near Somoto

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).