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Barometric pressure in Managua

1014hPa
Steady

Beneath its daily wave, pressure has barely moved. It holds near this level for the coming days.

Sea level reading, as of 09:00 local time.

The past week and the days ahead

The shaded part shows the days already gone. The thicker line is the forecast. The thin grey line is the average over a whole day, so you can see where pressure is heading under the daily up and down.

now33/2732° / 25°30° / 24°31° / 25°33° / 25°33° / 25°31° / 25°34° / 24°31° / 25°32° / 25°31° / 24°31° / 24°31° / 25°32° / 25°16Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 2910081010101210141016
The forecast runs 7 days ahead.

The week ahead

Each day at a glance: how far pressure moves, and the low and high it reaches.

TodayAug 23 −1 hPa

Dips in the afternoon, and comes back by the end of the day.

Light drizzle34° / 24°1.4 mm

low 1009 · high 1015 hPa

MonAug 24 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light drizzle31° / 25°3.0 mm

low 1010 · high 1014 hPa

TueAug 25 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light drizzle32° / 25°6.2 mm

low 1009 · high 1014 hPa

WedAug 26 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light drizzle31° / 24°8.4 mm

low 1010 · high 1013 hPa

ThuAug 27 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Drizzle31° / 24°4.5 mm

low 1009 · high 1013 hPa

FriAug 28 +2 hPa

Edges up slowly through the day.

Light drizzle31° / 25°4.3 mm

low 1010 · high 1014 hPa

SatAug 29 0 hPa

Barely moves all day.

Light drizzle32° / 25°3.4 mm

low 1011 · high 1014 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Drizzle25°0.51015
01:00Light drizzle25°0.11014
02:00Light drizzle25°0.11013
03:00Light drizzle25°0.11013
04:00Overcast24°1013
05:00Overcast24°1013
06:00Overcast24°1013
07:00Overcast25°1013
08:00Partly cloudy27°1014
09:00Mainly clear29°1014
10:00Mainly clear30°1014
11:00Mainly clear32°1013
12:00Mainly clear33°1013
13:00Light drizzle33°0.11012
14:00Light drizzle34°0.11010
15:00Light drizzle33°0.11009
16:00Light drizzle32°0.11010
17:00Light drizzle30°0.11011
18:00Light drizzle28°0.11012
19:00Mainly clear27°1012
20:00Mainly clear27°1013
21:00Mainly clear26°1014
22:00Mainly clear26°1014
23:00Partly cloudy26°1014

A quiet week. Nothing moves more than 5 hPa in a day.

What happens next

The forecast shows no big move in either direction this week.

The daily rhythm

Managua has a strong daily rhythm: pressure swings about 4 hPa between a regular low and high, at almost the same hours each day. Most of what the graph shows is that daily wave, which is why the change since yesterday says more here than the change over a few hours.

Your own barometer

Managua sits 112 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 13 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 1001 hPa as of 09:00.

The hours already past are the model's record of each hour as it passed, anchored to real observations, though not a reading from an instrument in Managua.

Cities nearby

Open one to see its pressure, or search for your own city at the top of the page.

Out in the sun today? Check the UV level in Managua, on our sister site uvi.today.

Common questions

What is a normal barometric pressure?

Near 1013 hPa at sea level; the exact standard figure, 1013.25 hPa, is the same as 760 mmHg, 29.92 inHg or 101.3 kPa. Anything between roughly 1000 and 1025 hPa is ordinary. Which way it is going matters far more than the number itself.

Why does my own barometer show a different number?

Usually altitude, and sometimes the instrument itself. Weather services correct readings to what they would be at sea level, so that cities can be compared. The figure for Managua, which stands 112 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 13 hPa below the sea-level reading. If your barometer is already set to sea level and still reads slightly differently, that is the setting on the instrument rather than the weather.

Is a millibar the same as a hectopascal?

Yes. One millibar and one hectopascal are exactly the same amount of pressure, so 1013 mbar and 1013 hPa mean the same thing. The name changed; the number did not.

Does falling pressure mean rain?

Not by itself. Away from the tropics, falling pressure usually means a low is approaching, and lows carry the fronts that bring cloud and rain, so the two often arrive together. But a shallow fall can pass with nothing more than cloud, and rain falls under steady pressure too. The graph tells you a system is on the way, not how wet it will be. The week ahead, just above, shows the rain forecast beside the pressure.