Mérida, Venezuela climate

Aw Tropical savanna (dry winter)

Mérida has a remarkably steady warm-temperate climate (Tropical savanna (dry winter), Köppen Aw). The hottest month is August with an average daily high near 79°F, while the coldest is January averaging around 58°F at night. Precipitation totals about 60 inches a year and is strongly seasonal — September alone averages 8.0 inches while January barely receives 1.23 inches.

☀️ All year

Warm

Daytime highs near 79°F most of the year.

About 1 days a year above 90 °F

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 58°F.

🌧️ Rain

Wet

About 60 in of rain a year.

Wettest in September

⛅ Sky & trend

Often grey

Overcast skies dominate much of the year.

+0.7 °F vs 50 years ago

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Clear vs cloudy days

Share of days each month that are clear, partly cloudy or cloudy · 1991–2020 · hover a month for the day counts

Mérida climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	78	77	77
Avg temp (°F)	68	68	69	70	70	69	70	70	70	70	69	68
Avg low (°F)	58	60	61	62	62	61	61	62	62	61	61	60
Precipitation (in)	1.2	1.3	3.2	6.9	8.0	4.3	4.7	4.8	8.0	7.8	6.4	3.1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°F)	77	77	78	78	78	78
Avg temp (°F)	68	68	69	70	70	69
Avg low (°F)	58	60	61	62	62	61
Precipitation (in)	1.2	1.3	3.2	6.9	8.0	4.3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	78	79	79	78	77	77
Avg temp (°F)	70	70	70	70	69	68
Avg low (°F)	61	62	62	61	61	60
Precipitation (in)	4.7	4.8	8.0	7.8	6.4	3.1

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	5	4	8	11	13	11	12	13	13	15	12	7
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	—	—	—	0.1	0.1	—	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.0

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	5	4	8	11	13	11
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	—	—	—	0.1	0.1	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	12	13	13	15	12	7
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.0

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	57	61	71	83	84	81	79	78	79	81	76	63
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	3	2	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.1	1
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	21	17	14	6	5	6	8	9	8	7	10	18
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	8	10	17	24	26	23	23	22	22	24	20	12
Relative humidity (%)	78	75	75	80	82	82	81	80	80	84	87	83
Wind speed (mph)	2.6	2.8	2.8	3.3	3.9	4.6	4.6	4.3	3.7	3.0	2.5	2.7

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	57	61	71	83	84	81
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	3	2	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.4
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	21	17	14	6	5	6
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	8	10	17	24	26	23
Relative humidity (%)	78	75	75	80	82	82
Wind speed (mph)	2.6	2.8	2.8	3.3	3.9	4.6

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	79	78	79	81	76	63
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.1	1
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	8	9	8	7	10	18
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	23	22	22	24	20	12
Relative humidity (%)	81	80	80	84	87	83
Wind speed (mph)	4.6	4.3	3.7	3.0	2.5	2.7

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 10 years of daily observations at Merida, a weather station, about 3 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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