Climate averages 1991–2020
Culiacán weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Culiacán: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guamúchil (100 km away). In October its highs average 33.8°C, 1.1°C warmer than Culiacán, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Culiacán ranks 7th of 153 for the warmest October highs and joint 50th of 153 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 153 cities is 25.7°C; Culiacán is 7.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Guamúchil in OctoberMexico · 100 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Guasave in OctoberMexico · 138 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Los Mochis in OctoberMexico · 195 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Mazatlán in OctoberMexico · 202 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Victoria de Durango in OctoberMexico · 290 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Hidalgo del Parral in OctoberMexico · 293 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 11.3°C · 28 mm rain
- La Paz, Mexico in OctoberMexico · 304 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 13 mm rain
- San José del Cabo in OctoberMexico · 305 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 25 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.