Puerto Peñasco weather in July

In July, Puerto Peñasco sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 29°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 13.8 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 79% of the time in July, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 14 hours at the start of July to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Puerto Peñasco's 7th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Puerto Peñasco's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
29°
11th coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 54 min
5:44 AM – 7:35 PM
Cloud cover
22%
7th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
7.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Puerto Peñasco is municipal seat of Puerto Peñasco, State of Sonora, Mexico.

Founded
1927

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical July day in Puerto Peñasco reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 29°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 3°C warmer than June and about 1°C cooler than August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Puerto Peñasco

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Puerto Peñasco weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan18° / 13°81.610.27.7
Feb19° / 14°112.110.97.7
Mar21° / 16°81.511.88.3
Apr23° / 19°30.612.79.2
May26° / 22°10.113.69.3
Jun29° / 25°10148.0
Jul31° / 29°20.413.85.7
Aug32° / 30°7113.15.2
Sep32° / 28°91.412.25.7
Oct28° / 24°8111.27.9
Nov23° / 18°81.110.48.9
Dec19° / 14°142.1107.8

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 79% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 11%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1946
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4937
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6928
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8928
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Puerto Peñasco gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.4 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the miserable band about 46% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 98% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
18244720
27234822
36214824
46204826
55184828
64174830
74164832
83154833
93154835
102144737
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Wind in July

Winds average 18 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
318light breeze
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518light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of July to 13 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:37 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 7:38 PM to 7:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:377:38
214.05:377:38
314.05:387:38
414.05:387:38
514.05:397:38
614.05:397:38
714.05:407:38
814.05:407:37
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 7.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.5 kWh/m² to a high of 8.36 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 7.68 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
18.1Intense
28.1Intense
38.0Intense
48.0Intense
58.0Intense
67.9Intense
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317.4Intense
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Puerto Peñasco?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.7
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
8.7
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Puerto Peñasco for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Puerto Peñasco in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Puerto Peñasco sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 29°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Puerto Peñasco in July

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 31°C and coldest in January near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Apr 7 to Dec 7 — about 8.1 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan17Cool
Feb17Cool
Mar19Cool
Apr21Refreshing
May23Refreshing
Jun26Warm
Jul29Tropical
Aug31Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct27Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec19Cool

UV index in Puerto Peñasco in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Puerto Peñasco peaks around July 17 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 17UV 11Dec 18UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar6High
Apr9Very high
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Puerto Peñasco?

Puerto Peñasco sits at 31.3°N, 113.5°W, 11 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is San Felipe, 128 km away.

San LuisSomertonCiudad Guadalupe VictoriaYuma

Topography around Puerto Peñasco

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Puerto Peñasco.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Puerto Peñasco has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m around an average of 7 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 122 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,234 m.

The land around Puerto Peñasco is covered by artificial surfaces (40%), bare terrain (33%) and water (21%) within 3 km, water (53%) and bare terrain (42%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (52%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
55 m
16 km
122 m
80 km
1,234 m
shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
July weather nearby: San Felipe 128 km · Heroica Caborca 147 km · Fortuna Foothills 170 km · San Luis Río Colorado 172 km · San Luis 175 km · Somerton 180 km · Ciudad Guadalupe Victoria 183 km · Yuma 187 km

Mexico travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 / 127 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 54% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$13,889
2025
Happiness
7.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
43%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
24.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 440
Religion
Catholic 78%no religion 11%other Evangelical Churches 8%Jehovah Witness 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Puerto Peñasco (31.3172°, -113.538°, elevation 11 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).