Americas · Central America
Nicaragua
3 cities in the atlas · 3 airports with scheduled flights
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- Capital
- Managua
- Currency
- NIO
- Nicaraguan Córdoba
- Local time
- Central Standard TimeUTC-06:00
- Calling code
- +505
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type A and B
Facts
Nicaragua in figures
From named datasets: GeoNames, CLDR, the World Bank and Wikidata. Each is credited at the foot of the page.
- Capital
- Managua
- Currency
- Nicaraguan Córdoba NIOToday's indicative rate: NIO 10 ≈ USD 0.272Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: SpanishSpoken: Spanish and English
- Time zones
- Central Standard TimeUTC-06:00
- Calling code
- +505
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type A and B120 V · 60 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 115fire118police120fire128ambulanceAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 7,007,502 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 129,494 km²
- Internet domain
- .ni
- Land borders
- Costa RicaHonduras
When to go
Climate across Nicaragua
On these averages, Managua has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in July, November and December.
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
On the map
Where Nicaragua is
The dashed box is the extent of the country's main landmass, from Natural Earth; outlying islands fall outside it. The dots are the cities with pages of their own.
Land borders
Cities
Cities in Nicaragua
All 3 places in the atlas: capitals, cities of 300,000 people or more, the places its airports serve, and the ones we have written guides to.
Smaller places with an airport · 2
Airports
Airports in Nicaragua
Airports with scheduled flights and an IATA code, from OurAirports.
Large airports
Medium airports · 2
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
Plan it
Plan a trip to Nicaragua
Tell us where in Nicaragua, when and who is travelling, and a person puts the flights, the stays and the rest into one quote.