Climate averages 1991–2020
Los Mochis weather
in August.
A very hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Los Mochis: daytime highs average 34.4°C and nights cool to about 26.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guasave (59 km away). In August its highs average 34.0°C, about as warm as Los Mochis, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Los Mochis ranks joint 12th of 153 for the warmest August highs and joint 47th of 153 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 153 cities is 27.9°C; Los Mochis is 6.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 33.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 92 mm to 102 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Los Mochis climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 13 | 1.5 | 10.711 h |
| February | 26.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 12 | 1.7 | 11.311 h |
| March | 28.7°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 12.813 h |
| May | 33.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 35.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 4.0 | 0.7 | 13.714 h |
| July | 35.1°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 52 | 7.4 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 34.4°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 92 | 12.5 | 13.013 h |
| September | 33.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 102 | 10.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 26 | 2.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 29.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 17 | 1.8 | 10.911 h |
| December | 25.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 12 | 1.5 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Guasave in AugustMexico · 59 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 25.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Guamúchil in AugustMexico · 99 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 166 mm rain
- Navojoa in AugustMexico · 149 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 26.2°C · 104 mm rain
- Culiacán in AugustMexico · 195 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 178 mm rain
- Ciudad Obregón in AugustMexico · 211 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 26.5°C · 84 mm rain
- La Paz, Mexico in AugustMexico · 226 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Heroica Guaymas in AugustMexico · 303 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 28.5°C · 26 mm rain
- San José del Cabo in AugustMexico · 313 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 26.2°C · 73 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 Los Mochis) is explained once on the Los Mochis year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.