Climate averages 1991–2020
Mazatlán weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th 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 Mazatlán: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Victoria de Durango (200 km away). In October its highs average 24.3°C, 5.3°C cooler than Mazatlán, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Mazatlán ranks 26th of 153 for the warmest October highs and joint 74th of 153 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 153 cities is 25.7°C; Mazatlán is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 35 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Victoria de Durango in OctoberMexico · 200 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Culiacán in OctoberMexico · 202 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Tepic in OctoberMexico · 247 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 144 mm rain
- Guamúchil in OctoberMexico · 300 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Puerto Vallarta in OctoberMexico · 315 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 149 mm rain
- Guasave in OctoberMexico · 333 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 33 mm rain
- San José del Cabo in OctoberMexico · 336 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Cabo San Lucas in OctoberMexico · 359 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 24 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.