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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Mérida
Mérida climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest Feb–Mar · Dec
Annual mean28°day and night
Seasonal swing7°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,015 mm157 wet days a year
20.97° N, 89.62° WElevation 10 mUTC−6 · Central Standard Time
When to goMérida · weather score
Best timeFeb–Mar · Dec
October: high / low35° / 18°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Mérida has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 41° and nights 20°. December is the coolest month, with highs of 33° and lows of 13°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 7°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,015 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (154 mm, 26 wet days) and March the driest (24 mm, 3 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 17% in April to 38% in June.
Compared with Mexico City, the capital, Mérida is 13° warmer on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 41° · May
- Coldest nights
- 13° · December
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- March
- Clearest skies
- April · 17% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 24 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 52 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 34° | 36° | 38° | 40° | 41° | 38° | 36° | 36° | 36° | 35° | 34° | 33° |
| Average low | 19° | 21° | 21° | 17° | 20° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 18° | 15° | 13° |
| Precipitation | 32 mm | 28 mm | 24 mm | 27 mm | 66 mm | 172 mm | 160 mm | 154 mm | 166 mm | 102 mm | 45 mm | 39 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.8 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 8.8 | 19.3 | 21.2 | 25.8 | 24.3 | 18.7 | 12.3 | 7.3 |
| Cloud cover | 23% | 19% | 18% | 17% | 22% | 38% | 32% | 33% | 38% | 29% | 24% | 24% |
| Daylight | 11h 00 | 11h 28 | 12h 01 | 12h 38 | 13h 08 | 13h 24 | 13h 17 | 12h 51 | 12h 16 | 11h 41 | 11h 09 | 10h 52 |
| Month score | 46 | 47 | 50 | 47 | 37 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 34 | 48 |
ivMonth by month
Mérida in every month
January46
34° / 19°
32 mm · 6.8 wet days
February47
36° / 21°
28 mm · 4.7 wet days
March50
38° / 21°
24 mm · 3.3 wet days
April47
40° / 17°
27 mm · 4.8 wet days
May37
41° / 20°
66 mm · 8.8 wet days
June22
38° / 22°
172 mm · 19.3 wet days
July24
36° / 22°
160 mm · 21.2 wet days
August24
36° / 22°
154 mm · 25.8 wet days
September22
36° / 21°
166 mm · 24.3 wet days
October25
35° / 18°
102 mm · 18.7 wet days
November34
34° / 15°
45 mm · 12.3 wet days
December48
33° / 13°
39 mm · 7.3 wet days