Climate averages 1991–2020
Culiacán weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: one of the coolest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Culiacán: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 38 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guamúchil (100 km away). In December its highs average 27.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Culiacán, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Culiacán ranks 16th of 153 for the warmest December highs and joint 93rd of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Culiacán is 5.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Guamúchil in DecemberMexico · 100 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 12.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Guasave in DecemberMexico · 138 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Los Mochis in DecemberMexico · 195 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Mazatlán in DecemberMexico · 202 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Victoria de Durango in DecemberMexico · 290 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 4.9°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Hidalgo del Parral in DecemberMexico · 293 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 3.5°C · 12 mm rain
- La Paz, Mexico in DecemberMexico · 304 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 9.6 mm rain
- San José del Cabo in DecemberMexico · 305 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 9.2 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.