Climate guideThirty-year normals for Mérida
Mérida climate by month
Hot-summer Mediterranean · CsaBest Mar · Oct–Nov
Annual mean18°day and night
Seasonal swing18°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation524 mm70 wet days a year
38.92° N, 6.34° WElevation 223 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goMérida · weather score
Best timeMar · Oct–Nov
October: high / low25° / 13°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Mérida has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 35° and nights 18°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 14° and lows of 4°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 18°.
About 524 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. April is the wettest month (55 mm, 9 wet days) and July the driest (4 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 7% in July to 36% in December.
Compared with Madrid, the capital, Mérida is 2.4° warmer on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 35° · August
- Coldest nights
- 4° · January
- Wettest month
- April
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 7% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 53 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 27 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 | 14° | 16° | 20° | 22° | 27° | 32° | 35° | 35° | 31° | 25° | 18° | 15° |
| Average low | 4° | 5° | 7° | 9° | 13° | 16° | 18° | 18° | 16° | 13° | 8° | 5° |
| Precipitation | 58 mm | 50 mm | 37 mm | 55 mm | 43 mm | 19 mm | 4 mm | 6 mm | 30 mm | 66 mm | 76 mm | 80 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 8.4 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 5.7 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 8.5 | 8 | 7.2 |
| Cloud cover | 31% | 31% | 29% | 30% | 26% | 16% | 7% | 9% | 19% | 29% | 32% | 36% |
| Daylight | 9h 44 | 10h 45 | 11h 54 | 13h 12 | 14h 17 | 14h 53 | 14h 38 | 13h 43 | 12h 29 | 11h 14 | 10h 04 | 9h 27 |
| Month score | 59 | 72 | 80 | 79 | 79 | 65 | 56 | 56 | 64 | 80 | 80 | 63 |
ivMonth by month
Mérida in every month
January59
14° / 4°
58 mm · 8.4 wet days
February72
16° / 5°
50 mm · 7.2 wet days
March80
20° / 7°
37 mm · 8.3 wet days
April79
22° / 9°
55 mm · 8.8 wet days
May79
27° / 13°
43 mm · 5.7 wet days
June65
32° / 16°
19 mm · 2.2 wet days
July56
35° / 18°
4 mm · 0.8 wet day
August56
35° / 18°
6 mm · 0.9 wet day
September64
31° / 16°
30 mm · 4.2 wet days
October80
25° / 13°
66 mm · 8.5 wet days
November80
18° / 8°
76 mm · 8 wet days
December63
15° / 5°
80 mm · 7.2 wet days