Los Mochis weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇽 Mexico · beach resort · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Los Mochis is March — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with April and May close behind. Los Mochis averages about 3,511 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in March.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,511
- Sunniest month
- March
- Peak score
- 100/100
- Rain / year
- 380 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 33°C / 91°F
- Population
- 257k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Los Mochis?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Los Mochis is March, then April and May. The dullest month is September (77/100, 123 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Los Mochis?
Los Mochis is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,511 hours of sunshine a year. March (100/100) is noticeably better than September (77). It ranks #15 of 62 destinations in Mexico for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,138 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 77% of the year's 380 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 99 | 21° / 70°F | 17° / 63°F | 8 mm | 5 | 21° / 70°F |
| February | 98 | 21° / 70°F | 17° / 63°F | 11 mm | 7 | 21° / 70°F |
| March | 100 | 23° / 73°F | 18° / 64°F | 2 mm | 9 | 21° / 70°F |
| April | 100 | 25° / 77°F | 20° / 68°F | 1 mm | 11 | 22° / 72°F |
| May | 100 | 27° / 81°F | 23° / 73°F | 1 mm | 11 | 26° / 79°F |
| June | 98 | 30° / 86°F | 27° / 81°F | 9 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| July | 87 | 31° / 88°F | 28° / 82°F | 71 mm | 11 | 32° / 90°F |
| August | 82 | 31° / 88°F | 29° / 84°F | 97 mm | 10 | 33° / 91°F |
| September | 77 | 31° / 88°F | 29° / 84°F | 123 mm | 10 | 32° / 90°F |
| October | 94 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 34 mm | 8 | 31° / 88°F |
| November | 97 | 26° / 79°F | 22° / 72°F | 14 mm | 6 | 23° / 73°F |
| December | 98 | 22° / 72°F | 19° / 66°F | 9 mm | 5 | 20° / 68°F |
Sea temperature in Los Mochis by month
The sea off Los Mochis is warmest in August at around 33°C / 91°F, and coolest in December at 20°C / 68°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 11 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Culiacán Mexico · 191 km · best in Mar · 3,419 h sun/yr
- Ciudad Obregón Mexico · 204 km · best in Apr · 3,623 h sun/yr
- La Paz Mexico · 221 km · best in Mar · 3,353 h sun/yr
- San José del Cabo Mexico · 289 km · best in Mar · 3,362 h sun/yr
- Mazatlàn Mexico · 400 km · best in Mar · 3,372 h sun/yr
- Hermosillo Mexico · 426 km · best in Apr · 3,844 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Loreto Mexico · 229 km · 3,728 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Ciudad Constitución Mexico · 264 km · 3,727 h sun/yr · best in Apr
Head-to-head
How Los Mochis compares month by month: Los Mochis vs Hermosillo · Los Mochis vs Culiacán · Los Mochis vs Ciudad Obregón · Los Mochis vs La Paz · all comparisons
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