Mazatlàn weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇽 Mexico · beach resort · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Mazatlàn is March — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with April and May close behind. Mazatlàn averages about 3,372 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 3 mm of rain in March.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,372
- Sunniest month
- March
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 865 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 382k
- Elevation
- 8 m
When is the best time to visit Mazatlàn?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Mazatlàn is March, then April and May. The dullest month is July (72/100, 173 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Mazatlàn?
Mazatlàn is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,372 hours of sunshine a year. March (99/100) is noticeably better than July (72). It ranks #21 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 865 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 98 | 26° / 79°F | 20° / 68°F | 9 mm | 6 | 25° / 77°F |
| February | 96 | 26° / 79°F | 20° / 68°F | 17 mm | 8 | 24° / 75°F |
| March | 99 | 27° / 81°F | 20° / 68°F | 3 mm | 10 | 23° / 73°F |
| April | 99 | 28° / 82°F | 22° / 72°F | 0 mm | 11 | 22° / 72°F |
| May | 99 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 1 mm | 11 | 27° / 81°F |
| June | 90 | 31° / 88°F | 26° / 79°F | 51 mm | 10 | 29° / 84°F |
| July | 72 | 31° / 88°F | 27° / 81°F | 173 mm | 10 | 31° / 88°F |
| August | 72 | 30° / 86°F | 28° / 82°F | 260 mm | 10 | 31° / 88°F |
| September | 72 | 30° / 86°F | 27° / 81°F | 236 mm | 9 | 31° / 88°F |
| October | 85 | 30° / 86°F | 26° / 79°F | 80 mm | 8 | 31° / 88°F |
| November | 95 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 25 mm | 6 | 27° / 81°F |
| December | 97 | 26° / 79°F | 21° / 70°F | 10 mm | 5 | 24° / 75°F |
Sea temperature in Mazatlàn by month
The sea off Mazatlàn is warmest in July at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in April at 22°C / 72°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
- Durango Mexico · 207 km · best in Apr · 3,561 h sun/yr
- Culiacán Mexico · 216 km · best in Mar · 3,419 h sun/yr
- Puerto Vallarta Mexico · 295 km · best in Jan · 3,082 h sun/yr
- San José del Cabo Mexico · 353 km · best in Mar · 3,362 h sun/yr
- Zacatecas Mexico · 367 km · best in Apr · 3,512 h sun/yr
- Torreón Mexico · 394 km · best in Feb · 3,634 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Tepic Mexico · 243 km · 3,420 h sun/yr · best in Apr
Head-to-head
How Mazatlàn compares month by month: Mazatlàn vs Culiacán · Mazatlàn vs Durango · Mazatlàn vs Puerto Vallarta · all comparisons
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