Matamoros weather in December

In December, Matamoros sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 7 mm of rain across 1.4 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of December to 10 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Matamoros's 10th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Matamoros's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 7 mm; 1.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 7:37 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover: 39%; 10th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.21 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.4; out of 10

Matamoros is municipal seat of Matamoros, State of Coahuila, Mexico.

Founded: 1842

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

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical December day in Matamoros reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and on par with January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	11
2	24	11
3	23	11
4	23	10
5	23	10
6	23	10
7	23	10
8	23	10
9	23	10
10	23	10
11	23	10
12	22	10
13	22	10
14	22	9
15	22	9
16	22	9
17	22	9
18	22	9
19	22	9
20	22	9
21	22	9
22	22	9
23	22	9
24	22	9
25	21	9
26	21	9
27	21	9
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9
31	21	9

How December really feels in Matamoros

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

December sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Matamoros weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 9°	10	1.8	10.6	8.2
Feb	25° / 11°	6	1	11.1	8.6
Mar	29° / 14°	8	1.5	11.8	7.4
Apr	32° / 18°	3	0.9	12.6	4.9
May	35° / 21°	10	2.1	13.2	3.2
Jun	35° / 23°	23	3.6	13.6	2.9
Jul	34° / 23°	40	6	13.4	3.4
Aug	34° / 23°	29	4.8	12.9	3.7
Sep	32° / 21°	42	6.6	12.2	4.8
Oct	29° / 17°	19	2.9	11.4	6.6
Nov	25° / 13°	9	1.7	10.8	8.7
Dec	22° / 9°	7	1.4	10.4	8.4

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	71	70	68	68	67	66	66	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67
Cloudier (%)	29	30	32	32	33	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	66	34
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	68	32
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Matamoros gets around 7 mm of rain over 1.4 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 5% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6

	Rain chance (%)
1	4
2	4
3	4
4	5
5	5
6	5
7	5
8	5
9	5
10	5
11	5
12	5
13	5
14	5
15	5
16	5
17	5
18	5
19	5
20	5
21	5
22	5
23	5
24	5
25	5
26	5
27	5
28	5
29	5
30	5
31	6

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in December

Winds average 7 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
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10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 min at the start of December to 10 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:27 AM to 7:43 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 6:09 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:27	7:28	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:34	7:35	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:37	7:38	7:38	7:39	7:39	7:40	7:40	7:41	7:41	7:41	7:42	7:42	7:43	7:43	7:43
Sunset (PM)	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	7:27	5:58
2	10.5	7:28	5:58
3	10.5	7:28	5:58
4	10.5	7:29	5:59
5	10.5	7:30	5:59
6	10.5	7:30	5:59
7	10.5	7:31	5:59
8	10.5	7:32	5:59
9	10.5	7:32	5:59
10	10.4	7:33	6:00
11	10.4	7:34	6:00
12	10.4	7:34	6:00
13	10.4	7:35	6:01
14	10.4	7:35	6:01
15	10.4	7:36	6:01
16	10.4	7:37	6:02
17	10.4	7:37	6:02
18	10.4	7:38	6:02
19	10.4	7:38	6:03
20	10.4	7:39	6:03
21	10.4	7:39	6:04
22	10.4	7:40	6:04
23	10.4	7:40	6:05
24	10.4	7:41	6:05
25	10.4	7:41	6:06
26	10.4	7:41	6:06
27	10.4	7:42	6:07
28	10.4	7:42	6:07
29	10.4	7:43	6:08
30	10.4	7:43	6:08
31	10.4	7:43	6:09

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.21 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.21 kWh/m² to a high of 7.96 kWh/m² in May across the year — December's 4.21 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.3	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.2	Bright
9	4.2	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.2	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Matamoros?

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

8.4

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

6.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is one of the better times to visit Matamoros for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Matamoros in December

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

In December, Matamoros sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: light clothes.

light clothes

UV index in Matamoros in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Matamoros peaks around July 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 5 (high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	6	8	10	12	13	13	13	12	11	8	6	5
Level	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	6	High
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	10	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	5	High

Location & terrain

Where is Matamoros?

Matamoros sits at 25.5°N, 103.2°W, 1,117 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Torreón, 19 km away.

Topography around Matamoros

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Matamoros has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 12 m around an average of 1,114 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 550 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,032 m.

The land around Matamoros is covered by shrubs (29%), artificial surfaces (28%) and bare terrain (22%) within 3 km, shrubs (35%), cropland (27%) and bare terrain (25%) within 16 km, and shrubs (63%) and bare terrain (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

12 m

shrubs 29%

16 km

550 m

shrubs 35%

80 km

2,032 m

shrubs 63%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← November Matamoros year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Torreón 19 km · Gómez Palacio 28 km · Francisco I. Madero 28 km · Lerdo 30 km · San Pedro 35 km · Parras de la Fuente 106 km · Juan Aldama 138 km · Guadalupe Victoria 150 km

Mexico travel facts

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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
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Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Matamoros (25.527°, -103.2285°, elevation 1,117 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. 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	11
2	24	11
3	23	11
4	23	10
5	23	10
6	23	10
7	23	10
8	23	10
9	23	10
10	23	10
11	23	10
12	22	10
13	22	10
14	22	9
15	22	9
16	22	9
17	22	9
18	22	9
19	22	9
20	22	9
21	22	9
22	22	9
23	22	9
24	22	9
25	21	9
26	21	9
27	21	9
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9
31	21	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	66	34
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	68	32
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	4
2	4
3	4
4	5
5	5
6	5
7	5
8	5
9	5
10	5
11	5
12	5
13	5
14	5
15	5
16	5
17	5
18	5
19	5
20	5
21	5
22	5
23	5
24	5
25	5
26	5
27	5
28	5
29	5
30	5
31	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	11
2	24	11
3	23	11
4	23	10
5	23	10
6	23	10
7	23	10
8	23	10
9	23	10
10	23	10
11	23	10
12	22	10
13	22	10
14	22	9
15	22	9
16	22	9
17	22	9
18	22	9
19	22	9
20	22	9
21	22	9
22	22	9
23	22	9
24	22	9
25	21	9
26	21	9
27	21	9
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9
31	21	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	66	34
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	68	32
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	4
2	4
3	4
4	5
5	5
6	5
7	5
8	5
9	5
10	5
11	5
12	5
13	5
14	5
15	5
16	5
17	5
18	5
19	5
20	5
21	5
22	5
23	5
24	5
25	5
26	5
27	5
28	5
29	5
30	5
31	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	11
2	24	11
3	23	11
4	23	10
5	23	10
6	23	10
7	23	10
8	23	10
9	23	10
10	23	10
11	23	10
12	22	10
13	22	10
14	22	9
15	22	9
16	22	9
17	22	9
18	22	9
19	22	9
20	22	9
21	22	9
22	22	9
23	22	9
24	22	9
25	21	9
26	21	9
27	21	9
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9
31	21	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	66	34
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	68	32
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	4
2	4
3	4
4	5
5	5
6	5
7	5
8	5
9	5
10	5
11	5
12	5
13	5
14	5
15	5
16	5
17	5
18	5
19	5
20	5
21	5
22	5
23	5
24	5
25	5
26	5
27	5
28	5
29	5
30	5
31	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0