Climate averages 1991–2020
Heroica Matamoros weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Heroica Matamoros: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 43 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciudad Río Bravo (60 km away). In January its highs average 21.9°C, 0.9°C warmer than Heroica Matamoros, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Heroica Matamoros ranks joint 88th of 153 for the warmest January highs and 124th of 153 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 153 cities is 22.4°C; Heroica Matamoros is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 27 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Heroica Matamoros climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 21.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 32 | 5.7 | 10.711 h |
| February | 22.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 27 | 5.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 24.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 38 | 5.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 47 | 5.9 | 12.813 h |
| May | 30.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 45 | 7.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 58 | 10.3 | 13.714 h |
| July | 32.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 64 | 8.8 | 13.614 h |
| August | 32.7°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 52 | 10.3 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 108 | 15.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 72 | 9.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 43 | 7.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 22.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 34 | 5.9 | 10.611 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
January in nearby cities
- Ciudad Río Bravo in JanuaryMexico · 60 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Edinburg in JanuaryUnited States · 81 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.0°C · 26 mm rain
- McAllen in JanuaryUnited States · 81 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Reynosa in JanuaryMexico · 81 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Mission in JanuaryUnited States · 90 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Corpus Christi in JanuaryUnited States · 214 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Linares in JanuaryMexico · 236 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Ciudad Benito Juárez in JanuaryMexico · 260 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 27 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 Heroica Matamoros) is explained once on the Heroica Matamoros year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.