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Twelve months of averages for Puerto Cabezas, and what they say about when to go.

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What the averages say

Mean daily highs and lows and the month's rain, averaged over 2001 to 2020.

On these averages, Puerto Cabezas has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in December to April.

Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): May to November.
Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): January to December.
The warmest month is May (29°C) and the coolest January (27°C). The wettest is October (358 mm) and the driest March (44 mm); about 2,078 mm of rain falls in a year.

How these sentences are worded

Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.

Puerto Cabezas: highs, lows and rainHighLowRain

The model's grid cell here is mostly sea, so the daily high and low sit closer together than they do on land: afternoons ashore are usually warmer, and nights cooler.

The year at a glance

Mild to warm and dry
Mild to warm, humid or showery
Hot
Cool
Wet
Cold

JanMild–warm, mixed
FebMild–warm, mixed
MarMild–warm, mixed
AprMild–warm, mixed
MayWet
JunWet
JulWet
AugWet
SeptWet
OctWet
NovWet
DecMild–warm, mixed

Month by month

Every month in Puerto Cabezas

The whole year, with humidity, cloud and the sunlight reaching the ground.

Climate in Puerto Cabezas by month: mean daily high and low, rain, and what the month is like
Month	High	Low	Rain	Humidity	Cloud	Sunlight (kWh/m²/day)	High in Dubai	What it is like
January	27°C	25°C	102 mm	79%	56%	4.4	23°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
February	27°C	25°C	60 mm	77%	48%	5.1	24°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
March	28°C	25°C	44 mm	76%	34%	5.8	27°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
April	29°C	26°C	50 mm	76%	44%	5.9	31°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
May	29°C	27°C	153 mm	79%	65%	5.4	35°C	Wet
June	29°C	27°C	239 mm	82%	73%	4.9	37°C	Wet
July	29°C	27°C	242 mm	82%	71%	5	39°C	Wet
August	29°C	27°C	220 mm	82%	66%	5.2	39°C	Wet
September	29°C	27°C	193 mm	82%	67%	5	37°C	Wet
October	29°C	27°C	358 mm	83%	71%	4.4	34°C	Wet
November	28°C	26°C	270 mm	83%	64%	4	29°C	Wet
December	28°C	26°C	147 mm	81%	58%	4.1	25°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery

The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.

Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.

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Month

High

Low

Rain

Humidity

Cloud

Sunlight (kWh/m²/day)

High in Dubai

What it is like

January

27°C

25°C

102 mm

79%

56%

4.4

23°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

February

27°C

25°C

60 mm

77%

48%

5.1

24°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

March

28°C

25°C

44 mm

76%

34%

5.8

27°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

April

29°C

26°C

50 mm

76%

44%

5.9

31°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

May

29°C

27°C

153 mm

79%

65%

5.4

35°C

Wet

June

29°C

27°C

239 mm

82%

73%

4.9

37°C

Wet

July

29°C

27°C

242 mm

82%

71%

39°C

Wet

August

29°C

27°C

220 mm

82%

66%

5.2

39°C

Wet

September

29°C

27°C

193 mm

82%

67%

37°C

Wet

October

29°C

27°C

358 mm

83%

71%

4.4

34°C

Wet

November

28°C

26°C

270 mm

83%

64%

29°C

Wet

December

28°C

26°C

147 mm

81%

58%

4.1

25°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery