Puerto Sandino Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Puerto Sandino, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 32°C on May 1 to 30°C on May 31, and lows from 27°C to 27°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 204 mm over about 20 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high: 31°C
Average low: 27°C
Precipitation: 204 mm
Reanalysis high: 35°CMay 14, 1998
Reanalysis low: 25°CMay 23, 2004
Daylight: 12 h 34 min to 12 h 48 min
Cloud cover: 71%
Humidity: 74%
Dew point: 24°C
Wind: 15.5 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
May 1	32°C	27°C	34°C 1992	26°C 1999	35%
May 2	32°C	27°C	34°C 1991	26°C 2013	36%
May 3	32°C	27°C	35°C 1997	26°C 2009	38%
May 4	32°C	27°C	34°C 2002	26°C 2008	41%
May 5	32°C	27°C	35°C 2005	26°C 2009	43%
May 6	32°C	27°C	34°C 2002	27°C 1999	44%
May 7	32°C	27°C	34°C 2005	26°C 2013	45%
May 8	32°C	27°C	34°C 2004	26°C 2000	47%
May 9	32°C	27°C	34°C 2002	26°C 1999	49%
May 10	32°C	27°C	34°C 1994	26°C 1999	50%
May 11	32°C	27°C	34°C 2002	26°C 2017	52%
May 12	32°C	27°C	35°C 1996	26°C 1999	55%
May 13	32°C	27°C	34°C 1998	26°C 2014	56%
May 14	31°C	27°C	35°C 1998	26°C 1999	59%
May 15	31°C	27°C	35°C 1998	26°C 2013	62%
May 16	31°C	27°C	35°C 1998	26°C 2005	66%
May 17	31°C	27°C	34°C 1998	26°C 1996	69%
May 18	31°C	27°C	34°C 1998	26°C 1996	71%
May 19	31°C	27°C	34°C 1997	26°C 1996	73%
May 20	31°C	27°C	34°C 1997	25°C 1996	74%
May 21	30°C	27°C	34°C 1997	25°C 1996	76%
May 22	30°C	27°C	34°C 1997	26°C 2004	78%
May 23	30°C	27°C	34°C 1997	25°C 2004	80%
May 24	30°C	27°C	34°C 1997	25°C 2004	80%
May 25	30°C	27°C	34°C 1997	25°C 1996	82%
May 26	30°C	27°C	33°C 1997	25°C 1996	83%
May 27	30°C	27°C	33°C 1997	26°C 2019	83%
May 28	30°C	27°C	33°C 1997	25°C 1996	83%
May 29	30°C	27°C	34°C 1995	26°C 1996	83%
May 30	30°C	27°C	33°C 1999	26°C 2008	83%
May 31	30°C	27°C	33°C 1999	26°C 1996	83%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CST).

May 1: sunrise 5:27 AM, sunset 6:01 PM
May 31: sunrise 5:21 AM, sunset 6:09 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-29. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.