Climate and average weather in Matehuala

In Matehuala, the summers are hot, showery, and mostly clear and the winters are mild and mostly clear.

Best: early January to late April

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Matehuala typically varies from 6°C to 28°C, and is rarely below 2°C or above 32°C. May is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Matehuala for warm-weather activities are from early January to late April and late September to late December.

Hottest
May
28°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Sep
67 mm
Driest
Dec
11 mm
Rain / yr
399 mm
67 wet days
Daylight
10.5–13.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,581 m
23.6°N
Clearest
Nov
38% cloud

Matehuala is city in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

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

Matehuala weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early January to late April.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Matehuala, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 5.2 months, from March 29 to September 3, with daily high temperatures above 26°C. The hottest month of the year in Matehuala is May, with an average high of 28°C and low of 14°C.

The cool season lasts 2.2 months, from December 3 to February 7, with daily high temperatures below 21°C. The coldest month of the year in Matehuala is January, with an average low of 6°C and high of 19°C.

Days typically run about 13°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 15°C) in March.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan196
Feb227
Mar2510
Apr2712
May2814
Jun2815
Jul2715
Aug2715
Sep2614
Oct2412
Nov229
Dec206

Average hourly temperature in Matehuala

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on May afternoons, near 28°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Matehuala weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan19° / 152.810.77.4
Feb22° / 132.711.28.1
Mar25° / 10°163.611.88.3
Apr27° / 12°295.212.57.4
May28° / 14°529.413.16.3
Jun28° / 15°518.213.46.6
Jul27° / 15°537.513.37.0
Aug27° / 15°457.512.86.9
Sep26° / 14°679.912.16.7
Oct24° / 12°355.211.48.0
Nov22° / 132.610.98.2
Dec20° / 11210.67.7

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Matehuala gets about 399 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.8 months, from around Apr 18 to Oct 12, peaking in September at about 36% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Nov 28.

September is the wettest month by volume, with 67 mm over about 10 wet days; December is the driest, with 11 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetSep 10 · 36%Nov 28 · 6%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan93
Feb103
Mar114
Apr185
May309
Jun298
Jul238
Aug258
Sep3210
Oct175
Nov93
Dec72

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Matehuala collects about 399 mm of rain across 67 wet days — roughly 33 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 67 mm, while December is the driest at just 11 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 43% of the year’s total.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec151316295251534567351311
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan153
Feb133
Mar164
Apr295
May529
Jun518
Jul538
Aug458
Sep6710
Oct355
Nov133
Dec112

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Matehuala, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around February 9 and lasts for 4.3 months, ending around June 19. The clearest month is May, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 77% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around August 8 and lasts for 2.2 months, ending around October 14. The cloudiest month is September, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 49% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 26 · 83%Sep 10 · 47%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6337
Feb6832
Mar7030
Apr6832
May7723
Jun7030
Jul6238
Aug6139
Sep5149
Oct6733
Nov7129
Dec6436

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 17, brings about 13 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around December 16, only 10 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 3 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.77:316:13
Feb11.27:226:33
Mar11.86:576:47
Apr12.56:266:59
May13.16:057:13
Jun13.45:597:26
Jul13.36:087:28
Aug12.86:227:11
Sep12.16:336:41
Oct11.46:446:11
Nov10.97:035:53
Dec10.67:225:55

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Matehuala averages about 14 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 7 and 19 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 8.0 months, from around Oct 16 to Jun 14. The sunniest month is November, with roughly 17 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is September, down near 8 sunny days — about 51% fewer than the November peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantNov 2619 daysSep 97 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan16Bright
Feb16Bright
Mar17Bright
Apr15Bright
May17Bright
Jun14Mixed
Jul12Mixed
Aug11Mixed
Sep8Mixed
Oct15Mixed
Nov17Bright
Dec16Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Matehuala, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in September, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 5% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccomfortabledry
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan10000
Feb10000
Mar10000
Apr9820
May83170
Jun56404
Jul64333
Aug57412
Sep50455
Oct81181
Nov9820
Dec10000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Matehuala is typically calm, near 9 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 4.9 months, from around Dec 17 to May 13. The windiest month is March, averaging about 11 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Aug 5 to Dec 16, with September the calmest month at about 8 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmercalmlight breezeMar 30 · 11 km/hSep 19 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan9calm
Feb10calm
Mar11calm
Apr10calm
May9calm
Jun9calm
Jul9calm
Aug9calm
Sep8calm
Oct8calm
Nov9calm
Dec9calm

Best time to visit Matehuala

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Matehuala throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late April, Matehuala is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Matehuala for general outdoor tourist activities run from early July to late August and again from late September to late April, with a peak score in the last week of February.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationFeb 27 · 8.5

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan7.4good
Feb8.1ideal
Mar8.3ideal
Apr7.4good
May6.3good
Jun6.6good
Jul7.0good
Aug6.9good
Sep6.8good
Oct8.0ideal
Nov8.2ideal
Dec7.7ideal

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Matehuala for hot-weather activities is from late February to early November, with a peak score in the first week of April.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationApr 2 · 7.6

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Matehuala, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around May (highs near 28°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 19°C), pack a warm layer.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In May, Matehuala sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 14°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Matehuala by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Matehuala peaks around June 15 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighJun 15UV 14Dec 19UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7High
Feb9Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov7Very high
Dec6High

Average hourly UV index in Matehuala

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan5.52.5
Feb74.5
Mar7.55.5
Apr8.56.5
May8.56.5
Jun97
Jul8.56.5
Aug8.56.5
Sep86
Oct75
Nov63
Dec5.51.5
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Matehuala is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan990
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec990

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Matehuala banks about 2,896 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around June.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan76
Feb129
Mar219
Apr288
May350
Jun343
Jul342
Aug342
Sep298
Oct255
Nov160
Dec94

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Matehuala receives about 5.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.2 and 7.4 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Feb 28 to Sep 2. The brightest month is May, averaging about 7.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 4.2 kWh/m² — roughly 43% less than the May peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 57.4 kWhDec 204.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.5Bright
Feb5.4Bright
Mar6.5Intense
Apr7.3Intense
May7.4Intense
Jun7.0Intense
Jul6.9Intense
Aug6.7Intense
Sep5.6Bright
Oct5.3Bright
Nov4.6Bright
Dec4.2Bright

Where is Matehuala?

Matehuala sits at 23.6°N, 100.6°W, 1,581 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Ciudad Victoria, 153 km away.

MontemorelosCiudad de AllendeCiudad Mante

Topography around Matehuala

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Matehuala has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 149 m around an average of 1,582 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,236 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,073 m.

The land around Matehuala is covered by artificial surfaces (48%) and shrubs (37%) within 3 km, shrubs (80%) within 16 km, and shrubs (90%) within 80 km.

3 km
149 m
16 km
1,236 m
80 km
2,073 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
Nearby: Ciudad Victoria 153 km · Salinas de Hidalgo 158 km · Soledad de Graciano Sánchez 165 km · San Luis Potosí 170 km · Linares 173 km · Montemorelos 190 km · Ciudad de Allende 192 km · Ciudad Mante 198 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 Matehuala (23.6482°, -100.6433°, elevation 1,581 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).