Climate averages 1991–2020

Culiacán weather
in November.

A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 31.1°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 17.1°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 38 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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November is a hot month in Culiacán: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 58 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Guamúchil (100 km away). In November its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Culiacán, with 44 mm of rain.

Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Culiacán ranks joint 1st of 153 for the warmest November highs and joint 116th of 153 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 153 cities is 24.1°C; Culiacán is 7.0°C warmer than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 17 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 10152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

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
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.0°C12.6°C12.6°C141.910.811 h
February 29.0°C13.3°C13.3°C151.811.311 h
March 31.1°C14.6°C14.6°C2.90.512.012 h
April 33.4°C16.7°C16.7°C1.80.212.713 h
May 35.6°C19.6°C19.6°C1.20.413.313 h
June 36.2°C24.2°C24.2°C192.913.614 h
July 34.0°C25.2°C25.2°C13416.013.514 h
August 32.6°C25.0°C25.0°C17819.613.013 h
September 31.8°C24.5°C24.5°C17418.312.312 h
October 32.7°C21.9°C21.9°C434.611.612 h
November, selected 31.1°C17.1°C17.1°C382.211.011 h
December 28.0°C13.4°C13.4°C171.910.611 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

November 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.