Editing Mérida, Spain (section)

== Climate ==
Mérida has a [[Mediterranean climate]] with [[Atlantic]] influences ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Csa''; [[Trewartha climate classification|Trewartha]]: ''Csak''), due to the proximity of the Portuguese coast.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meteorología |first=Agencia Estatal de |title=Valores climatológicos normales - Agencia Estatal de Meteorología - AEMET. Gobierno de España |url=https://www.aemet.es/es/serviciosclimaticos/datosclimatologicos/valoresclimatologicos |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=www.aemet.es |language=es}}</ref> The winters are mild, with minimum temperature rarely below {{convert|0|°C|0|abbr=on}}, and summers are hot with maximum temperatures occasionally exceeding {{convert|40|°C|0|abbr=on}}.

Precipitation is normally between {{convert|300|and|400|mm|1|abbr=on}} annually. The months with most rainfall are November and December. Summers are dry, and in Mérida, as in the rest of southern Spain, cycles of [[drought]] are common, ranging in duration from 2 to 5 years.

In autumn the climate is more changeable than in the rest of the year. Storms occur with some frequency, but the weather is often dry.

Both humidity and winds are low. However, there is frequent fog, especially in the central months of [[autumn]] and [[winter]].{{Weather box
|location = Mérida<br>[[Location identifier#WMO station identifiers|WMO ID]]: 08331; Climate ID: 4410X; coordinates {{coordinates|38|54|57|N|06|23|08|W}}; elevation: {{cvt|228|m}}; (1991–2020), extremes (1989–present)<ref>{{cite web 
|url = https://opendata.aemet.es/opendata/sh/4a2f221b
|title = Weather station data
|website = opendata.aemet.es
|publisher = AEMET OpenData 
|language = es 
|access-date = 13 November 2024
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241113115453/https://opendata.aemet.es/opendata/sh/4a2f221b
|archive-date = 2024-11-13}}</ref>
|metric first = Y
|single line = Y
|Jan record high C = 23.4
|Feb record high C = 25.3
|Mar record high C = 30.6
|Apr record high C = 36.9
|May record high C = 39.4
|Jun record high C = 44.0
|Jul record high C = 44.8
|Aug record high C = 46.4
|Sep record high C = 44.7
|Oct record high C = 36.6
|Nov record high C = 27.3
|Dec record high C = 22.6
|year record high C = 46.4
|Jan high C = 14.3
|Feb high C = 16.1
|Mar high C = 19.8
|Apr high C = 22.4
|May high C = 26.8
|Jun high C = 32.3
|Jul high C = 35.0
|Aug high C = 35.3
|Sep high C = 31.1
|Oct high C = 25.2
|Nov high C = 18.6
|Dec high C = 14.8
|year high C = 24.3
|Jan mean C = 9.0
|Feb mean C = 10.3
|Mar mean C = 13.3
|Apr mean C = 15.6
|May mean C = 19.4
|Jun mean C = 24.1
|Jul mean C = 26.1
|Aug mean C = 26.6
|Sep mean C = 23.3
|Oct mean C = 18.7
|Nov mean C = 12.9
|Dec mean C = 9.8
|year mean C = 17.4
|Jan low C = 3.7
|Feb low C = 4.3
|Mar low C = 6.7
|Apr low C = 8.9
|May low C = 12.0
|Jun low C = 15.8
|Jul low C = 17.2
|Aug low C = 17.8
|Sep low C = 15.4
|Oct low C = 12.1
|Nov low C = 7.2
|Dec low C = 4.7
|year low C = 10.5
|Jan record low C = -10.0
|Feb record low C = -6.9
|Mar record low C = -4.9
|Apr record low C = 1.0
|May record low C = 2.3
|Jun record low C = 8.0
|Jul record low C = 11.0
|Aug record low C = 10.2
|Sep record low C = 8.8
|Oct record low C = 2.7
|Nov record low C = -1.7
|Dec record low C = -4.7
|year record low C = -10.0
|precipitation color = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 44.8
|Feb precipitation mm = 37.0
|Mar precipitation mm = 40.8
|Apr precipitation mm = 36.7
|May precipitation mm = 31.0
|Jun precipitation mm = 8.5
|Jul precipitation mm = 4.2
|Aug precipitation mm = 5.9
|Sep precipitation mm = 19.2
|Oct precipitation mm = 60.8
|Nov precipitation mm = 51.1
|Dec precipitation mm = 41.6
|year precipitation mm = 381.7
|unit precipitation days = 1 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 6.4
|Feb precipitation days = 5.7
|Mar precipitation days = 6.0
|Apr precipitation days = 6.4
|May precipitation days = 4.8
|Jun precipitation days = 1.3
|Jul precipitation days = 0.5
|Aug precipitation days = 0.9
|Sep precipitation days = 2.6
|Oct precipitation days = 6.4
|Nov precipitation days = 7.1
|Dec precipitation days = 6.0
|year precipitation days = 
|Jan humidity = 80
|Feb humidity = 70
|Mar humidity = 65
|Apr humidity = 62
|May humidity = 53
|Jun humidity = 48
|Jul humidity = 47
|Aug humidity = 46
|Sep humidity = 52
|Oct humidity = 64
|Nov humidity = 75
|Dec humidity = 81
|year humidity = 62
|daily = Y
|source 1 = [[Agencia Estatal de Meteorología]] (AEMET OpenData)<ref>{{cite web 
|url = https://opendata.aemet.es/opendata/sh/b84e5a85
|title = Extremes
|website = opendata.aemet.es
|publisher = AEMET OpenData 
|language = es 
|access-date = 22 November 2024
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241122121446/https://opendata.aemet.es/opendata/sh/b84e5a85
|archive-date = 2024-11-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web 
|url = https://opendata.aemet.es/opendata/sh/4f45b2e5
|title = Normals
|website = opendata.aemet.es
|publisher = AEMET OpenData 
|language = es 
|access-date = 22 November 2024
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241122121331/https://opendata.aemet.es/opendata/sh/4f45b2e5
|archive-date = 2024-11-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.aemet.es/es/datos_abiertos/AEMET_OpenData
|title = AEMET OpenData
|publisher = AEMET
|access-date = 2024-05-14}}</ref>
|date = December 2023
}}