Matamoros weather in January

In January, Matamoros sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 10 mm of rain across 1.8 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of January to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Matamoros's 9th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Matamoros's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
10 mm
1.8 wet days
Daylight
10 h 36 min
7:45 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover
39%
9th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.2
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.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical January 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 15°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Matamoros

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January 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 January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan22° / 101.810.68.2
Feb25° / 11°6111.18.6
Mar29° / 14°81.511.87.4
Apr32° / 18°30.912.64.9
May35° / 21°102.113.23.2
Jun35° / 23°233.613.62.9
Jul34° / 23°40613.43.4
Aug34° / 23°294.812.93.7
Sep32° / 21°426.612.24.8
Oct29° / 17°192.911.46.6
Nov25° / 13°91.710.88.7
Dec22° / 71.410.48.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

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

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16733
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76832
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Matamoros gets around 10 mm of rain over 1.8 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

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

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Rain chance (%)
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26
36
46
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
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117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 min at the start of January to 10 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:43 AM to 7:42 AM, and sunset from 6:09 PM to 6:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.47:436:09
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310.47:446:10
410.57:446:11
510.57:446:12
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.47 kWh/m².

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 — January's 4.47 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.3Bright
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Matamoros?

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

8.2
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Matamoros in January

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

In January, Matamoros sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 9°C. Little to plan around — just the basics.

UV index in Matamoros in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 6 — 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighJul 12UV 13Dec 18UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb8Very high
Mar10Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5High
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
16 km
550 m
80 km
2,032 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January 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

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 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).