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Will it rain today in Managua?

Should you take an umbrella in Managua? The forecast below loads live every time you open the page: rain now, when the next shower comes, and how much falls today and tomorrow.

Rain right now

It is raining in Managua right now: light rain. Today’s total: 10 mm over 21 wet hours. Tomorrow: 9.6 mm of rain.

Rain now0.1 mm/hlight · rain
Next rainnowToday
Today10 mm21 wet hours
Tomorrow9.6 mm21 wet hours

As of 2026-10-16 17:35 UTC (NOAA GFS snapshot). Updating live…

Rain every 3 hours, today and tomorrow

Today · Friday 16 October

10 mm of rain, 21 wet hours, up to 1.1 mm/h. (the forecast covers part of the day)

Every 3 hours as a table
HoursRain (mm)mm/hType
03:00–06:000.50.2light · rain
06:00–09:001.10.4light · rain
09:00–12:000.30.1light · rain
12:00–15:000.90.3light · rain
15:00–18:002.40.8light · rain
18:00–21:003.41.1light · rain
21:00–00:001.60.5light · rain

Tomorrow · Saturday 17 October

9.6 mm of rain, 21 wet hours, up to 0.8 mm/h.

Every 3 hours as a table
HoursRain (mm)mm/hType
00:00–03:000.30.1light · rain
03:00–06:000.10dry
06:00–09:000.50.2light · rain
09:00–12:000.90.3light · rain
12:00–15:001.90.6light · rain
15:00–18:002.40.8light · rain
18:00–21:002.10.7light · rain
21:00–00:001.40.5light · rain

Times in local time (America/Managua). Each bar is the rain over 3 hours; striped bars are snow.

Rain map around Managua

The same NOAA GFS precipitation on the map, moving hour by hour: blue light, darker heavy. Tap for the value.

Open the rain map on Managua

How much it rains in Managua, month by month

Managua gets about 1,453 mm of rain a year. The wettest month is October (312 mm), the driest January (1 mm); a normal October brings 312 mm.

Average monthly rain and snow (water equivalent) 2001–2025, NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis, public domain), on a ~50 km grid: mountains and coasts can differ locally.

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Questions

Will it rain today in Managua?
At 16 October 2026 the forecast said: It is raining in Managua right now: light rain. Today’s total: 10 mm over 21 wet hours. Tomorrow: 9.6 mm of rain. The box at the top of the page loads the latest NOAA GFS forecast every time you open it, with the time the next rain starts.
How much does it rain in Managua?
About 1,453 mm a year on average (2001–2025). October is the wettest month with 312 mm, January the driest with 1 mm.
What do the rain amounts mean?
1 mm is a litre of water per square metre. Under 2.5 mm an hour is light rain (a drizzle to a steady rain), 2.5–7.6 moderate, above 7.6 heavy: you get soaked in minutes and streets can flood.
How accurate is the forecast?
It is the global NOAA GFS model on a 0.25° grid every 3 hours: good at telling a rainy day from a dry one, less at placing a single summer thunderstorm. Check the rain map for the showers moving around Managua.

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How this page works

The rain is the one the rain layer of the map paints: NOAA GFS forecast (public domain), precipitation rate averaged over 3 hours, read at Managua and summed per local day. Rain or snow comes from the GFS precipitation type. The monthly normals are NASA POWER. No third-party weather service.