Santa Cruz Temperature by Month
Santa Cruz in Nicaragua enjoys a stable climate, with daytime temperatures staying close to 29°C (84°F) throughout the year. Explore the full monthly breakdown below.
Santa Cruz Monthly Temperatures
Santa Cruz enjoys a stable climate with temperatures staying pretty much the same throughout the year. Maximum daytime temperatures range from a comfortable 29°C (84°F) in January to a very warm 30°C (86°F) in April. Nights are consistently cool, with lows between 26°C (79°F) and 24°C (75°F).
The chart below illustrates the average maximum day and minimum night temperatures in Santa Cruz by month:
The minimum temperature is often recorded between 4 AM and 6 AM, while the highest temperature is usually reached at 3 PM, when the sun's heating effect is strongest. April, the warmest month, gets 220 hours of sunshine.
The chart below shows the average temperature throughout the year:
Historical Santa Cruz Temperatures: 1976-2026
Browse day-by-day temperature records for Santa Cruz spanning 51 years. Select any month and year to see actual high and low temperatures recorded on each day.
Temperature: Santa Cruz vs Nicaragua
The map below shows the annual temperature across Nicaragua. You can also select individual months if you want to compare a specific time of year.
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Santa Cruz vs World: Temperature Compared
Santa Cruz's average annual maximum temperature is 29°C (84°F). To put that in context, here's how it compares to a few well-known destinations:
Rome, Italy averages 20°C (68°F) annually, with reliably warm summers and comfortable winters.
Queenstown, New Zealand averages 10°C (50°F) annually — remember seasons are flipped, so its coldest months fall in June and July.
San Francisco, USA averages 19°C (66°F) annually, but with little seasonal variation — summers are often cool and foggy, winters mild.
Tokyo, Japan averages 21°C (70°F) a year, with hot summers, cool winters, and a well-defined cherry blossom spring.
Climate temperature data is typically calculated as a 30-year average. This smooths out year-to-year variability and gives a more reliable picture of what a place is actually like, rather than what happened in any single unusual year.
The readings come from a range of sources — land-based weather stations, ocean buoys, ships, and satellites. That data is collected by weather services around the world, then pooled, quality-checked, and averaged to produce the climate records you see here.
Seasonal temperature shifts influence more than just how warm it feels — they also drive changes in rainfall, cloud cover, and wind patterns throughout the year.
Warmer air holds more moisture, which tends to mean heavier or more frequent rain during the warmer months. When temperatures drop in winter, any precipitation that does fall is more likely to come as snow or sleet, though in Santa Cruz this rarely lasts long on the ground.
For more on Santa Cruz's weather — including monthly rainfall, sunshine hours, and humidity — visit our Santa Cruz climate page.
