Climate averages 1991–2020

Culiacán weather
in July.

A very hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

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

Average high 34.0°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 25.2°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 134 mm 16 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a very hot month in Culiacán: daytime highs average 34.0°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes July a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 31 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Guamúchil (100 km away). In July its highs average 34.5°C, about as warm as Culiacán, with 130 mm of rain.

Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Culiacán ranks joint 18th of 153 for the warmest July highs and 86th of 153 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 153 cities is 28.0°C; Culiacán is 6.0°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 134 mm to 178 mm.

The annual picture

July 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	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, selected	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

July 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.