Climate averages 1991–2020
Los Mochis weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 4th 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 Los Mochis: daytime highs average 33.6°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guasave (59 km away). In October its highs average 33.9°C, about as warm as Los Mochis, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Los Mochis ranks 5th of 153 for the warmest October highs and joint 20th of 153 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 153 cities is 25.7°C; Los Mochis is 7.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 17 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Guasave in OctoberMexico · 59 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Guamúchil in OctoberMexico · 99 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Navojoa in OctoberMexico · 149 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Culiacán in OctoberMexico · 195 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Ciudad Obregón in OctoberMexico · 211 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 26 mm rain
- La Paz, Mexico in OctoberMexico · 226 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Heroica Guaymas in OctoberMexico · 303 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 17 mm rain
- San José del Cabo in OctoberMexico · 313 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 Los Mochis) is explained once on the Los Mochis year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.