Colima weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Colima is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with March and December close behind. Colima averages about 3,149 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 12 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

3,149

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

96/100

Rain / year

931 mm

Midday UV at peak

12 (extreme)

Population

223k

Elevation

746 m

When is the best time to visit Colima?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Colima is January, then March and December. The dullest month is May (66/100, 17 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Colima?

Colima is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,149 hours of sunshine a year. January (96/100) is noticeably better than May (66). It ranks #31 of 62 destinations in Mexico for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,138 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 65% of the year's 931 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Guadalajara Mexico · 141 km · best in Apr · 3,329 h sun/yr
• Puerto Vallarta Mexico · 235 km · best in Jan · 3,082 h sun/yr
• Morelia Mexico · 275 km · best in Jan · 3,088 h sun/yr
• Guanajuato Mexico · 290 km · best in Apr · 3,389 h sun/yr
• Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo Mexico · 291 km · best in Mar · 3,154 h sun/yr
• Aguascalientes Mexico · 300 km · best in Apr · 3,499 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Manzanillo Mexico · 104 km · 3,160 h sun/yr · best in Apr
• Uruapan Mexico · 162 km · 3,095 h sun/yr · best in Apr
• Tepic Mexico · 272 km · 3,420 h sun/yr · best in Apr