Climate averages 1991–2020
Culiacán weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Culiacán: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guamúchil (100 km away). In March its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as Culiacán, with 4.0 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Culiacán ranks joint 13th of 153 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; Culiacán is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.9 mm to 1.8 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Guamúchil in MarchMexico · 100 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 14.2°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Guasave in MarchMexico · 138 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Los Mochis in MarchMexico · 195 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Mazatlán in MarchMexico · 202 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.0°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Victoria de Durango in MarchMexico · 290 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 6.7°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Hidalgo del Parral in MarchMexico · 293 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 7.1°C · 10 mm rain
- La Paz, Mexico in MarchMexico · 304 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 1.1 mm rain
- San José del Cabo in MarchMexico · 305 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 1.2 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.