Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciudad Río Bravo weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Ciudad Río Bravo: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 33 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Reynosa (22 km away). In December its highs average 22.7°C, about as warm as Ciudad Río Bravo, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Ciudad Río Bravo ranks joint 73rd of 153 for the warmest December highs and joint 125th of 153 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 153 cities is 22.7°C; Ciudad Río Bravo is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 31 mm to 28 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Ciudad Río Bravo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 28 | 5.1 | 10.711 h |
| February | 24.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 24 | 4.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 27.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 36 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 43 | 5.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 32.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 47 | 6.7 | 13.413 h |
| June | 34.6°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 55 | 7.7 | 13.714 h |
| July | 35.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 58 | 6.8 | 13.614 h |
| August | 35.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 44 | 7.9 | 13.113 h |
| September | 32.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 94 | 12.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 62 | 7.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 37 | 5.9 | 10.911 h |
| December, selected | 22.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 31 | 5.2 | 10.511 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
December in nearby cities
- Reynosa in DecemberMexico · 22 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 30 mm rain
- McAllen in DecemberUnited States · 28 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Mission in DecemberUnited States · 35 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Edinburg in DecemberUnited States · 36 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Heroica Matamoros in DecemberMexico · 60 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Linares in DecemberMexico · 194 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 10.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Ciudad Benito Juárez in DecemberMexico · 204 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Ciudad Apodaca in DecemberMexico · 211 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.2°C · 32 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 Ciudad Río Bravo) is explained once on the Ciudad Río Bravo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.