North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region · Nicaragua
Puerto Cabezas travel guide
Puerto Cabezas is a city in North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua, home to about 66,000 people.
- Nearest airport
- PUZ2 km · Puerto Cabezas Airport
- Currency
- NIONicaraguan córdoba
- Time zone
- America/Managua
- Language
- Spanish
When to go
The best time to visit Puerto Cabezas
Puerto Cabezas has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; July is the wettest, with about 370 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Puerto Cabezas: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Puerto Cabezas Airport (PUZ), about 2.1 km from the city centre in a straight line.
PUZ · Puerto Cabezas Airport
Questions
Puerto Cabezas: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Puerto Cabezas?
Puerto Cabezas has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; July is the wettest, with about 370 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Puerto Cabezas?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Puerto Cabezas Airport (PUZ), about 2.1 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Puerto Cabezas?
Nicaraguan córdoba (NIO).
Nearby
Destinations near Puerto Cabezas
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.