Climate averages 1991–2020
Los Mochis weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Los Mochis: daytime highs average 33.6°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guasave (59 km away). In May its highs average 34.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than Los Mochis, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Los Mochis ranks joint 23rd of 153 for the warmest May highs and joint 1st of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Los Mochis is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 35.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 4.0 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Guasave in MayMexico · 59 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Guamúchil in MayMexico · 99 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Navojoa in MayMexico · 149 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Culiacán in MayMexico · 195 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Ciudad Obregón in MayMexico · 211 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.8 mm rain
- La Paz, Mexico in MayMexico · 226 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Heroica Guaymas in MayMexico · 303 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- San José del Cabo in MayMexico · 313 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.6°C · 0.4 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.