Culiacán weather by month & the best time to visit

🇲🇽 Mexico · city break · semi-arid climate

The best time to visit Culiacán is March — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with January and February close behind. Culiacán averages about 3,419 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 5 mm of rain in March.

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Sun hours / year

3,419

Sunniest month

March

Peak score

99/100

Rain / year

705 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

809k

Elevation

31 m

When is the best time to visit Culiacán?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Culiacán is March, then January and February. The dullest month is June (37/100, 33 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Culiacán?

Culiacán is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,419 hours of sunshine a year. 62 Sunshine Score points separate March (99) from June (37), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #19 of 62 destinations in Mexico for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,138 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 79% of the year's 705 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Los Mochis Mexico · 191 km · best in Mar · 3,511 h sun/yr
• Mazatlàn Mexico · 216 km · best in Mar · 3,372 h sun/yr
• San José del Cabo Mexico · 290 km · best in Mar · 3,362 h sun/yr
• La Paz Mexico · 302 km · best in Mar · 3,353 h sun/yr
• Durango Mexico · 307 km · best in Apr · 3,561 h sun/yr
• Ciudad Obregón Mexico · 375 km · best in Apr · 3,623 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Cabo San Lucas Mexico · 322 km · 3,445 h sun/yr · best in Mar

Head-to-head

How Culiacán compares month by month: Culiacán vs Mazatlàn · Culiacán vs Los Mochis · Culiacán vs La Paz · Culiacán vs San José del Cabo · all comparisons