Climate averages 1991–2020
Mazatlán weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Mazatlán: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Victoria de Durango (200 km away). In January its highs average 20.3°C, 5.3°C cooler than Mazatlán, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Mazatlán ranks 33rd of 153 for the warmest January highs and joint 61st of 153 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 153 cities is 22.4°C; Mazatlán is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 15 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Victoria de Durango in JanuaryMexico · 200 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Culiacán in JanuaryMexico · 202 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 12.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Tepic in JanuaryMexico · 247 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 12.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Guamúchil in JanuaryMexico · 300 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 12.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Puerto Vallarta in JanuaryMexico · 315 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Guasave in JanuaryMexico · 333 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 15 mm rain
- San José del Cabo in JanuaryMexico · 336 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Cabo San Lucas in JanuaryMexico · 359 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 7.7 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.