In general, yes. Your beginner usually has problems with sore fingers (nylon strings have less tension, hence fewer calluses) and finger placement (the wider board gives you more room between finger-tips). Then again, after a few months, you may want to switch to steel strings, based on the tone and volume you'll probably eventually want to get.

Many of us started on nylon-strung guitars (mine was a cheap Egmund guitar from Holland) before moving on to other instruments.

By the way, large fingers are not a real bar to playing small-stringed instruments. John Duffey, late lead singer for the Country Gentlemen and the Seldom Scene, and a mandolinist of note (pun noted but ignored), had huge hands and long, thick fingers. But he played just fine, thank you.

Good luck!

Bob