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Climate

The climate is basically tropical and there are only two seasons, the dry and the wet season. Sometimes they are as well called summer and winter (in Spanish: verano e invierno). Nicaragua is divided into three different zones according to their climate. The Pacific zone, in the west and close to the lakes of Nicaragua and Managua, is tropical, dry and with relatively little precipitation. It is characterized by its high temperatures between 27ºC and 32ºC (81ºF and 90ºF) in the rainy season and between 30ºC and 35ºC (86ºF and 95ºF) in the dry season. Summer runs approximately from November to April and Winter from May to October.

The sub-tropical zone is located in the center of the country and because of its altitude the air gets more refreshing eastwards. From the center towards the Caribbean coast the climate is humid, tropical and high in precipitations which is prefect for a flourishing tropical rainforest.

Finally, there is the Atlantic zone, with a climate that is either tropical or tropical humid, sometimes with heavy rains and high temperatures, typical for the humid tropical forest.

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