Climate averages 1991–2020
Culiacán weather
in April.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Culiacán: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes April a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guamúchil (100 km away). In April its highs average 33.1°C, about as warm as Culiacán, with 1.3 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Culiacán ranks joint 9th of 153 for the warmest April highs and 17th of 153 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 153 cities is 28.7°C; Culiacán is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 35.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.8 mm to 1.2 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Culiacán climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 14 | 1.9 | 10.811 h |
| February | 29.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 15 | 1.8 | 11.311 h |
| March | 31.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 2.9 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 33.4°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 1.8 | 0.2 | 12.713 h |
| May | 35.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 13.313 h |
| June | 36.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 19 | 2.9 | 13.614 h |
| July | 34.0°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 134 | 16.0 | 13.514 h |
| August | 32.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 178 | 19.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 31.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 174 | 18.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 32.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 43 | 4.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 31.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 38 | 2.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 28.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 17 | 1.9 | 10.611 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Guamúchil in AprilMexico · 100 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Guasave in AprilMexico · 138 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 16.1°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Los Mochis in AprilMexico · 195 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Mazatlán in AprilMexico · 202 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Victoria de Durango in AprilMexico · 290 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 9.2°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Hidalgo del Parral in AprilMexico · 293 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 10.3°C · 8.1 mm rain
- La Paz, Mexico in AprilMexico · 304 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 17.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- San José del Cabo in AprilMexico · 305 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.5 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Culiacán) is explained once on the Culiacán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.