Climate averages 1991–2020
Mérida weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 6th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Mérida: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kanasín (8 km away). In March its highs average 33.3°C, about as warm as Mérida, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Mérida ranks 5th of 153 for the warmest March highs and joint 75th of 153 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; Mérida is 6.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 35.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Mérida climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 21 | 4.2 | 11.011 h |
| February | 30.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 15 | 3.0 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 32.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 14 | 3.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 23 | 4.4 | 12.613 h |
| May | 35.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 51 | 7.8 | 13.113 h |
| June | 34.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 124 | 16.6 | 13.413 h |
| July | 34.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 85 | 15.6 | 13.313 h |
| August | 34.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 95 | 17.0 | 12.813 h |
| September | 32.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 134 | 19.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 86 | 13.6 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 30 | 5.7 | 11.211 h |
| December | 28.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 22 | 4.2 | 10.911 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Kanasín in MarchMexico · 8 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 21.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Campeche in MarchMexico · 156 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 10 mm rain
- Playa del Carmen in MarchMexico · 267 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Cozumel in MarchMexico · 284 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Cancún in MarchMexico · 289 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Chetumal in MarchMexico · 305 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Ciudad del Carmen in MarchMexico · 346 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 17 mm rain
- Belmopan in MarchBelize · 423 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 38 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mérida) is explained once on the Mérida year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Kanasín lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.