Manzanillo weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇽 Mexico · beach resort · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Manzanillo is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with March and May close behind. Manzanillo averages about 3,160 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 0 mm of rain in April.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,160
- Sunniest month
- April
- Peak score
- 98/100
- Rain / year
- 934 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 160k
- Elevation
- 8 m
When is the best time to visit Manzanillo?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Manzanillo is April, then March and May. The dullest month is July (70/100, 164 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Manzanillo?
Manzanillo is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,160 hours of sunshine a year. April (98/100) is noticeably better than July (70). It ranks #29 of 62 destinations in Mexico for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,138 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 64% of the year's 934 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 95 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 15 mm | 7 | 28° / 82°F |
| February | 93 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 24 mm | 9 | 27° / 81°F |
| March | 96 | 29° / 84°F | 22° / 72°F | 9 mm | 11 | 26° / 79°F |
| April | 98 | 30° / 86°F | 23° / 73°F | 0 mm | 12 | 25° / 77°F |
| May | 96 | 31° / 88°F | 25° / 77°F | 11 mm | 11 | 26° / 79°F |
| June | 79 | 31° / 88°F | 26° / 79°F | 103 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
| July | 70 | 31° / 88°F | 27° / 81°F | 164 mm | 9 | 30° / 86°F |
| August | 70 | 31° / 88°F | 27° / 81°F | 200 mm | 9 | 31° / 88°F |
| September | 70 | 30° / 86°F | 27° / 81°F | 234 mm | 9 | 31° / 88°F |
| October | 74 | 30° / 86°F | 26° / 79°F | 129 mm | 8 | 31° / 88°F |
| November | 91 | 30° / 86°F | 25° / 77°F | 35 mm | 7 | 30° / 86°F |
| December | 96 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 10 mm | 6 | 28° / 82°F |
Sea temperature in Manzanillo by month
The sea off Manzanillo is warmest in August at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in April at 25°C / 77°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Puerto Vallarta Mexico · 186 km · best in Jan · 3,082 h sun/yr
- Guadalajara Mexico · 201 km · best in Apr · 3,329 h sun/yr
- Aguascalientes Mexico · 368 km · best in Apr · 3,499 h sun/yr
- Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo Mexico · 369 km · best in Mar · 3,154 h sun/yr
- Morelia Mexico · 379 km · best in Jan · 3,088 h sun/yr
- Guanajuato Mexico · 382 km · best in Apr · 3,389 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Colima Mexico · 104 km · 3,149 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Tepic Mexico · 255 km · 3,420 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Uruapan Mexico · 266 km · 3,095 h sun/yr · best in Apr
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