Region · Mexico
Best time to visit Sonora
This guide covers 9 destinations in Sonora, a first-level administrative division of Mexico. The largest by population are Hermosillo, Ciudad Obregón and Heroica Nogales. Across its destinations, December to March are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Ciudad Obregón International Airport (CEN).
- Destinations in this guide
- 9
- Comfortable in the most places
- December to March
- Main airport
- CENCiudad Obregón International Airport
- Currency
- MXNpeso
- Time zone
- America/Hermosillo
Destinations
Destinations in Sonora
Every destination in this guide in Sonora, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hermosillo | 855,563 | HMO · 9 km | |
| Ciudad Obregón | 329,404 | CEN · 15 km | |
| Heroica Nogales | 261,137 | TUS · 88 km | |
| San Luis Río Colorado | 176,685 | YUM · 28 km | |
| Navojoa | 120,926 | CEN · 52 km | |
| Heroica Guaymas | 117,253 | GYM · 6 km | |
| Agua Prieta | 91,029 | ||
| Heroica Caborca | 67,604 | ||
| Puerto Peñasco | 62,301 |
When to go
Best time to visit Sonora
From the climate of 9 destinations in Sonora with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: December to March.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7 of 9 | 23 °C | 14 mm |
| February | 8 of 9 | 25 °C | 12 mm |
| March | 7 of 9 | 28 °C | 6 mm |
| April | 2 of 9 | 31 °C | 2 mm |
| May | 1 of 9 | 35 °C | 1 mm |
| June | 0 of 9 | 40 °C | 7 mm |
| July | 0 of 9 | 38 °C | 75 mm |
| August | 0 of 9 | 37 °C | 86 mm |
| September | 0 of 9 | 37 °C | 40 mm |
| October | 2 of 9 | 34 °C | 15 mm |
| November | 5 of 9 | 28 °C | 9 mm |
| December | 7 of 9 | 23 °C | 17 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Sonora
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Sonora name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
CEN · Ciudad Obregón International Airport
GYM · General José María Yáñez International Airport
HMO · General Ignacio L. Pesqueira International Airport
YUM · Yuma International Airport / Marine Corps Air Station Yuma
TUS · Tucson International Airport
MXL · General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport
IPL · Imperial County Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Sonora, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: OpenHolidays API (ODbL).
Nationwide in Mexico
Nearby
Regions near Sonora
Other regions of Mexico with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from the OpenHolidays API (ODbL). A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.