Culiacán vs La Paz: which is sunnier?
🇲🇽 Mexico vs 🇲🇽 Mexico · 302 km apart · long-term climate normals (NASA POWER, 2001–2020)
Culiacán and La Paz are virtually tied for annual sunshine — about 3,419 vs 3,353 hours a year. La Paz has the higher Sunshine Score in 5 of 12 months, Culiacán in 1 (6 within 2 points).
Scores are the 0–100 Sunshine Score — sunshine, daytime warmth and dryness in one number, per month.
At a glance
| Culiacán | La Paz | |
|---|---|---|
| Sunshine hours / year | 3,419 | 3,353 |
| Sunniest month | March (99/100) | March (99/100) |
| Nov–Feb average score | 97/100 | 97/100 |
| Jun–Aug average score | 53/100 | 73/100 |
| Rain / year | 705 mm | 241 mm |
| Peak midday UV | 11 (extreme) | 11 (extreme) |
Culiacán vs La Paz month by month
| Month | Sunshine Score | Day high °C | Rain mm | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culiacán | La Paz | Culiacán | La Paz | Culiacán | La Paz | |
| January | 98 | 98 | 28° | 25° | 8 | 8 |
| February | 97 | 97 | 30° | 26° | 15 | 10 |
| March | 99 | 99 | 32° | 28° | 5 | 2 |
| April | 69 | 99 | 35° | 29° | 2 | 1 |
| May | 40 | 99 | 38° | 31° | 1 | 0 |
| June | 37 | 89 | 38° | 33° | 33 | 2 |
| July | 58 | 67 | 34° | 35° | 183 | 19 |
| August | 65 | 63 | 33° | 35° | 204 | 51 |
| September | 72 | 65 | 32° | 34° | 169 | 99 |
| October | 82 | 94 | 33° | 32° | 46 | 26 |
| November | 95 | 96 | 31° | 29° | 23 | 15 |
| December | 97 | 98 | 28° | 25° | 16 | 8 |
The sunnier month by month: Jan even · Feb even · Mar even · Apr La Paz · May La Paz · Jun La Paz · Jul La Paz · Aug even · Sep Culiacán · Oct La Paz · Nov even · Dec even.
When to pick which
- November–February: too close to call — Culiacán averages 97/100, La Paz 97/100. Culiacán is the warmer, around 29°C daytime highs vs 26°C. See the winter sun ranking.
- March–May: La Paz (average score 99/100 vs 69). Culiacán is the warmer, around 35°C daytime highs vs 29°C.
- June–August: La Paz (average score 73/100 vs 53). Daytime highs are similar (35°C vs 34°C).
- September–October: La Paz (average score 80/100 vs 77). Daytime highs are similar (33°C vs 33°C).
Full month-by-month guides: Culiacán weather by month · La Paz weather by month · Best time to visit Mexico.
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