Climate averages 1991–2020

Los Mochis weather
in January.

A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 25.6°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 13.4°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 13 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Los Mochis: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 43 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Guasave (59 km away). In January its highs average 26.9°C, 1.3°C warmer than Los Mochis, with 15 mm of rain.

Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Los Mochis ranks joint 30th of 153 for the warmest January highs and joint 49th of 153 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 153 cities is 22.4°C; Los Mochis is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 12 mm.

The annual picture

January 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

Los Mochis climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Los Mochis, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Los Mochis

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 Los Mochis) is explained once on the Los Mochis year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.