Best time to visit Mérida

Month-by-month weather averages for Mérida.

Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico

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Good month
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Made good or best by an event

Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
Month	Average daily high	Average daily low	Precipitation	Verdict
January	28.9 °C / 84 °F	18.8 °C / 66 °F	26 mm / 1 in	neither best nor good
February	30.6 °C / 87 °F	19.4 °C / 67 °F	16 mm / 0.6 in	neither best nor good
March	32.8 °C / 91 °F	20.6 °C / 69 °F	12 mm / 0.5 in	neither best nor good
April	35.1 °C / 95 °F	22.6 °C / 73 °F	18 mm / 0.7 in	neither best nor good
May	35.8 °C / 96 °F	24.1 °C / 75 °F	43 mm / 1.7 in	neither best nor good
June	34.2 °C / 94 °F	24.4 °C / 76 °F	125 mm / 4.9 in	neither best nor good
July	34.4 °C / 94 °F	24 °C / 75 °F	80 mm / 3.2 in	neither best nor good
August	34.2 °C / 94 °F	24 °C / 75 °F	103 mm / 4.1 in	neither best nor good
September	33.5 °C / 92 °F	23.9 °C / 75 °F	119 mm / 4.7 in	neither best nor good
October	31.8 °C / 89 °F	22.7 °C / 73 °F	86 mm / 3.4 in	good month, for Día de los Muertos. The weather alone makes it neither best nor good.
November	30 °C / 86 °F	20.5 °C / 69 °F	34 mm / 1.3 in	good month, for Día de los Muertos. The weather alone makes it neither best nor good.
December	29.5 °C / 85 °F	19.6 °C / 67 °F	19 mm / 0.7 in	neither best nor good

Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

Daytime highs
Night-time lows
How warm it feels
Humidity
How much of the day is sunny
Hours of daylight
Monthly rainfall
How many days it rains
Days of heavy rain
Wind
Snowfall and days with snow
Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

JJanuary: neither
FFebruary: neither
MMarch: neither
AApril: neither
MMay: neither
JJune: neither
JJuly: neither
AAugust: neither
SSeptember: neither
OOctober: good
NNovember: good
DDecember: neither

Good: October–November

Mérida is hot and increasingly humid all year, with a scorching pre-rains peak in March-May and heavy, humid, afternoon downpours from June through October that make walking tours uncomfortable; even the cooler, drier December-February stretch stays warm and muggy. October and November get a lift from Día de los Muertos despite the weather.

Why these months

October · good
Made good by Día de los Muertos.
In its favour: share of daylight that is sunny 89%.
Against: feels like (high) 36.9 °C / 98 °F, average daily high 31.8 °C / 89 °F, wet days 13.8 days, relative humidity 80%, precipitation 86 mm / 3.4 in, days with heavy rain 2.8 days, share of rain falling in the daytime 80%, average daily low 22.7 °C / 73 °F.
November · good
Made good by Día de los Muertos.
In its favour: precipitation 34 mm / 1.3 in, share of daylight that is sunny 92%, days with heavy rain 0.6 days, wet days 6.9 days, average daily low 20.5 °C / 69 °F.
Against: feels like (high) 33.3 °C / 92 °F, average daily high 30 °C / 86 °F, relative humidity 78%.
Also on: Bird-a-thon (Festival de Aves Toh), Mérida jazz fest, Noche Blanca.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is Sugar Mountain Resort, 1846 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Feels like (high)	31 °C	33 °C	35.6 °C	38.8 °C	40.3 °C	39.7 °C	40.3 °C	40.7 °C	40.1 °C	36.9 °C	33.3 °C	32 °C
Days with heavy rain	0.7 days	0.3 days	0.2 days	0.5 days	1.2 days	3.5 days	1.6 days	2.4 days	3.4 days	2.8 days	0.6 days	0.3 days
Time rain usually falls	4 pm	4 pm	3 pm	3 pm	3 pm	4 pm	4 pm	4 pm	3 pm	3 pm	3 pm	3 pm
Sunshine per day	9.2 h	10.2 h	11.3 h	11.8 h	11.9 h	11.1 h	11.9 h	11.5 h	11.1 h	10.3 h	10.2 h	9.6 h
Relative humidity	75%	72%	67%	64%	66%	76%	76%	79%	81%	80%	78%	77%
Wet days	4.8 days	3 days	2.6 days	3.9 days	6.5 days	16.2 days	15.3 days	18.1 days	18.9 days	13.8 days	6.9 days	4.3 days
Daylight per day	11 h	11.5 h	12 h	12.6 h	13.1 h	13.4 h	13.3 h	12.8 h	12.3 h	11.7 h	11.1 h	10.9 h
Days with snow	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days	0 days
Snowfall	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Wind (daily mean)	11 km/h	11 km/h	12 km/h	12 km/h	11 km/h	10 km/h	9 km/h	8 km/h	8 km/h	9 km/h	9 km/h	10 km/h
Wind gusts (daily max)	37 km/h	39 km/h	41 km/h	42 km/h	40 km/h	39 km/h	35 km/h	34 km/h	31 km/h	33 km/h	33 km/h	34 km/h

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–2025	7 µg/m³	7.6 µg/m³	8.8 µg/m³	10.6 µg/m³	10.9 µg/m³	10.1 µg/m³	15 µg/m³	11.9 µg/m³	10.1 µg/m³	8.2 µg/m³	7.8 µg/m³	7.3 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–2025	10.6 µg/m³	11.9 µg/m³	14.2 µg/m³	18.3 µg/m³	18.7 µg/m³	15.8 µg/m³	20.8 µg/m³	17.4 µg/m³	16.4 µg/m³	13 µg/m³	13.2 µg/m³	12 µg/m³

Good 15 µg/m³ or less
Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

Events and seasons

What the weather records cannot show. A major event can lift a month to good or best. The warnings are there to help you plan, and never count against a month.

Reasons to go

Día de los Muertos Major
25 October–2 November
Mérida Fest
January
Carnaval de Mérida
February, dates vary from year to year
Easter (Semana Santa)
March and April, dates vary from year to year
Leones de Yucatán baseball season
March, April, May, June, July and August
Noche Blanca
May and November
Cinco de Mayo
5 May
Mexican Independence Day
15–16 September
Otoño Cultural
September
Mérida jazz fest
November
Bird-a-thon (Festival de Aves Toh)
21–30 November
Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe
12 December
Las Posadas
15–23 December

Worth knowing before you go

Christmas and New Year crowds
January and December
Carnaval and Easter crowds
February, March and April, dates vary from year to year
Easter hotel crunch
March and April, dates vary from year to year
Mother's Day
10 May

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