Climate and average weather in Reynosa

In Reynosa, the summers are muggy, sweltering, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are warm and partly cloudy.

Best: early January to late March

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Reynosa typically varies from 12°C to 36°C, and is rarely below 5°C or above 39°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

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

Hottest
Aug
36°
Coldest
Jan
12°
Wettest
Sep
89 mm
Driest
Feb
24 mm
Rain / yr
538 mm
76 wet days
Daylight
10.4–13.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
38 m
26.1°N
Clearest
Jun
41% cloud

Reynosa is municipal seat of Reynosa, State of Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Founded
1749

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

Reynosa 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 March.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 4.4 months, from May 11 to September 21, with daily high temperatures above 33°C. The hottest month of the year in Reynosa is August, with an average high of 36°C and low of 25°C.

The cool season lasts 2.5 months, from November 30 to February 13, with daily high temperatures below 25°C. The coldest month of the year in Reynosa is January, with an average low of 12°C and high of 22°C.

Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2212
Feb2514
Mar2817
Apr3120
May3323
Jun3525
Jul3625
Aug3625
Sep3424
Oct3120
Nov2616
Dec2312

How hot and cold Reynosa really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Reynosa feels like about 43°C (around August 7). About 180 days a year carry some heat stress, and 104 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in August.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan22221212
Feb25251414
Mar28281717
Apr32312020
May37332323
Jun41352525
Jul42362525
Aug42362525
Sep38342424
Oct32312020
Nov26261616
Dec23231212

Average hourly temperature in Reynosa

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 August afternoons, near 36°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 12°C.

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

Reynosa 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
Jan22° / 12°264.410.67.6
Feb25° / 14°244.311.17.8
Mar28° / 17°365.511.86.8
Apr31° / 20°455.612.65.1
May33° / 23°496.613.33.6
Jun35° / 25°526.813.62.5
Jul36° / 25°546.113.52.2
Aug36° / 25°396.712.92.0
Sep34° / 24°8912.212.23.1
Oct31° / 20°60711.45.2
Nov26° / 16°365.310.77.5
Dec23° / 12°30510.47.6

Chance of rain

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

Reynosa gets about 538 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 2.1 months, from around Aug 17 to Oct 19, peaking in September at about 45% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 17.

September is the wettest month by volume, with 89 mm over about 12 wet days; February is the driest, with 24 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetSep 9 · 45%Jan 17 · 14%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan154
Feb154
Mar186
Apr186
May217
Jun237
Jul206
Aug237
Sep3912
Oct237
Nov185
Dec165

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Reynosa collects about 538 mm of rain across 76 wet days — roughly 45 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 89 mm, while February is the driest at just 24 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 38% of the year’s total.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec262436454952543989603630
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan264
Feb244
Mar366
Apr456
May497
Jun527
Jul546
Aug397
Sep8912
Oct607
Nov365
Dec305

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Reynosa, 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 May 11 and lasts for 3.6 months, ending around August 28. The clearest month is June, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 75% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 24 and lasts for 5.5 months, ending around May 10. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 52% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJun 8 · 79%Jan 31 · 47%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4852
Feb5248
Mar5446
Apr5545
May6535
Jun7525
Jul7030
Aug6733
Sep6040
Oct6931
Nov6139
Dec5248

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 5, brings about 13 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 10 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 3 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.67:265:58
Feb11.17:156:20
Mar11.86:496:37
Apr12.66:156:52
May13.35:517:08
Jun13.65:457:22
Jul13.55:547:23
Aug12.96:097:05
Sep12.26:236:32
Oct11.46:375:59
Nov10.76:575:39
Dec10.47:185:41

Sunny days

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

Reynosa averages about 14 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 11 and 18 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.2 months, from around May 22 to Aug 25. The sunniest month is June, with roughly 17 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is January, down near 12 sunny days — about 31% fewer than the June peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightJun 1418 daysJan 3011 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan12Mixed
Feb12Mixed
Mar12Mixed
Apr12Mixed
May13Mixed
Jun17Bright
Jul17Bright
Aug15Bright
Sep13Mixed
Oct16Bright
Nov13Mixed
Dec12Mixed

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 Reynosa, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 6.6 months, from around April 8 to October 24. The muggiest month is June, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 25 to April 7, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 77% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 6 · 78%Jun 5 · 0%miserablemuggyhumidcomfortableoppressivedrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan601716700
Feb4716211500
Mar3115193230
Apr15101736220
May34824575
Jun00197613
Jul00068411
Aug00158312
Sep137126116
Oct1391624344
Nov3216192570
Dec5613161410

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 Reynosa is typically light breeze, near 17 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Feb 16 to Aug 17. The windiest month is May, averaging about 19 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Aug 18 to Feb 15, with September the calmest month at about 13 km/h.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezebreezyMay 4 · 20 km/hSep 21 · 13 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan16light breeze
Feb17light breeze
Mar18light breeze
Apr19light breeze
May19light breeze
Jun19light breeze
Jul19light breeze
Aug17light breeze
Sep13light breeze
Oct15light breeze
Nov15light breeze
Dec16light breeze

Best time to visit Reynosa

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid March, Reynosa 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 time of year to visit Reynosa for general outdoor tourist activities is from late October to late March, with a peak score in the last week of November.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationNov 29 · 7.9

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
Jan7.6ideal
Feb7.7ideal
Mar6.8good
Apr5.1fair
May3.6fair
Jun2.6poor
Jul2.2poor
Aug2.0poor
Sep3.2poor
Oct5.3fair
Nov7.4good
Dec7.6ideal

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Reynosa for hot-weather activities run from early February to late May and again from late September to mid December, with a peak score in the last week of October.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 28 · 7.9

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 Reynosa, 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 August (highs near 36°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 22°C), pack light clothes.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Reynosa sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Reynosa 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 Reynosa peaks around June 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 5 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeExtremeVery highHighJun 21UV 12Dec 22UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb7Very high
Mar8Very high
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Reynosa

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 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 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)
Jan50
Feb63
Mar74
Apr86
May85.5
Jun8.56.5
Jul8.56
Aug86
Sep7.55
Oct6.53.5
Nov5.50
Dec4.50

Air quality in Reynosa by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Reynosa is worst in July — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.5× the cleanest month (November, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1625 µg/m³Nov 107 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb10Good
Mar11Good
Apr13Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul26Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct8Good
Nov7Good
Dec9Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Reynosa 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. Reynosa banks about 5,367 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

02,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan213
Feb258
Mar380
Apr462
May565
Jun606
Jul642
Aug646
Sep557
Oct474
Nov329
Dec235

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.

Reynosa receives about 5.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.1 and 6.8 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 23 to Sep 29. The brightest month is July, averaging about 6.8 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 3.1 kWh/m² — roughly 54% less than the July peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 226.8 kWhDec 233.1 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.3Moderate
Feb4.0Bright
Mar4.9Bright
Apr5.8Bright
May6.3Intense
Jun6.7Intense
Jul6.8Intense
Aug6.5Intense
Sep5.3Bright
Oct4.6Bright
Nov3.5Moderate
Dec3.1Moderate

Where is Reynosa?

Reynosa sits at 26.1°N, 98.3°W, 38 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is McAllen, 15 km away.

Topography around Reynosa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Reynosa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 37 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 310 m.

The land around Reynosa is covered by artificial surfaces (69%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, trees (28%), cropland (25%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%) and shrubs (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
34 m
16 km
85 m
80 km
310 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: McAllen 15 km · Mission 16 km · Pharr 16 km · San Juan 18 km · Alamo 20 km · Ciudad Río Bravo 22 km · Alton 23 km · Donna 25 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 Reynosa (26.08°, -98.2846°, elevation 38 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).