title: Rivas, Nicaragua
text: # Rivas, Nicaragua
  
  Rivas (Spanish pronunciation:) is a city and municipality in southwestern Nicaragua on the Isthmus of the same name. The city proper is the capital of the Department of Rivas and administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of the same name.
  
  ## Climate
  
  Rivas has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw) with a short dry season from January to April and a lengthy wet season from May to October. Temperatures remain steady throughout the year with the dry season being slightly cooler and range from 25.5 °C (77.9 °F) in January to 27.7 °C (81.9 °F) in May. The average annual precipitation is 1,345 millimetres (53 in).
  
  Climate data for Rivas, Nicaragua :
  
  | Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Average high °C (°F) | 28.7 (83.7) | 26.6 (79.9) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.8 (89.2) | 31.7 (89.1) | 30.0 (86.0) | 29.5 (85.1) | 29.8 (85.6) | 29.8 (85.6) | 29.5 (85.1) | 29.1 (84.4) | 28.7 (83.7) | 29.7 (85.4) |
  | Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.5 (77.9) | 26.0 (78.8) | 27.0 (80.6) | 26.4 (79.5) | 27.7 (81.9) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.1 (79.0) | 25.6 (78.1) | 26.4 (79.5) |
  | Average low °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.2 (73.8) | 23.9 (75.0) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.3 (75.7) | 24.3 (75.7) | 24.1 (75.4) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.9 (75.1) |
  | Average rainfall mm (inches) | 8 (0.3) | 4 (0.2) | 3 (0.1) | 10 (0.4) | 172 (6.8) | 225 (8.9) | 151 (5.9) | 181 (7.1) | 265 (10.4) | 209 (8.2) | 87 (3.4) | 30 (1.2) | 1,345 (52.9) |
  | Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 113 |
  | Mean monthly sunshine hours | 229.4 | 228.8 | 244.9 | 231.0 | 195.3 | 141.0 | 148.8 | 161.2 | 147.0 | 173.6 | 186.0 | 207.7 | 2,294.7 |
  | Source: Hong Kong Observatory ||||||||||||||
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Erasmo Ramírez, Major League Baseball pitcher.
  * Violeta Chamorro, first female president of Nicaragua, was born in Rivas.
  