Climate averages 1991–2020
Culiacán weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Culiacán: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 178 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guamúchil (100 km away). In August its highs average 33.4°C, 0.8°C warmer than Culiacán, with 166 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Culiacán ranks joint 32nd of 153 for the warmest August highs and 115th of 153 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 153 cities is 27.9°C; Culiacán is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 178 mm to 174 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Guamúchil in AugustMexico · 100 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 166 mm rain
- Guasave in AugustMexico · 138 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 25.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Los Mochis in AugustMexico · 195 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 26.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Mazatlán in AugustMexico · 202 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.4°C · 184 mm rain
- Victoria de Durango in AugustMexico · 290 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 100 mm rain
- Hidalgo del Parral in AugustMexico · 293 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 117 mm rain
- La Paz, Mexico in AugustMexico · 304 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 27 mm rain
- San José del Cabo in AugustMexico · 305 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 26.2°C · 73 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.