Climate averages 1991–2020
Mazatlán weather
in April.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Mazatlán: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical April (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Victoria de Durango (200 km away). In April its highs average 27.8°C, 0.6°C cooler than Mazatlán, with 5.7 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Mazatlán ranks joint 86th of 153 for the warmest April highs and 8th of 153 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 153 cities is 28.7°C; Mazatlán is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Mazatlán climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 15 | 1.5 | 10.911 h |
| February | 25.9°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 15 | 1.2 | 11.411 h |
| March | 26.8°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 3.2 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 28.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.713 h |
| May | 30.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 13.213 h |
| June | 31.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 25 | 3.1 | 13.514 h |
| July | 30.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 132 | 14.3 | 13.413 h |
| August | 30.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 184 | 18.8 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 205 | 19.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 65 | 6.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 28.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 35 | 2.0 | 11.011 h |
| December | 26.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 9.3 | 1.4 | 10.711 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
April in nearby cities
- Victoria de Durango in AprilMexico · 200 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 9.2°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Culiacán in AprilMexico · 202 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 16.7°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Tepic in AprilMexico · 247 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Guamúchil in AprilMexico · 300 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Puerto Vallarta in AprilMexico · 315 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 19.4°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Guasave in AprilMexico · 333 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 16.1°C · 0.8 mm rain
- San José del Cabo in AprilMexico · 336 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Cabo San Lucas in AprilMexico · 359 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.7°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 Mazatlán) is explained once on the Mazatlán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.