Climate averages 1991–2020

Culiacán weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: one of the coolest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.0°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 12.6°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 14 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Culiacán: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.

Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 47 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Guamúchil (100 km away). In January its highs average 27.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Culiacán, with 19 mm of rain.

Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Culiacán ranks 16th of 153 for the warmest January highs and joint 55th of 153 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 153 cities is 22.4°C; Culiacán is 5.6°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 15 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Culiacán, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Culiacán

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 limits

How 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.