Mercedes weather in February

In February, Mercedes sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 112 mm of rain across 8.1 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in February, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of February to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Mercedes's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mercedes's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 112 mm; 8.1 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 12 min; 7:30 AM – 8:43 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 5th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 6.2 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.9; out of 10

Mercedes is city in Uruguay.

Density: 1,770/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1788

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical February day in Mercedes reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C cooler than January and about 2°C warmer than March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	19
2	30	19
3	30	19
4	29	19
5	29	19
6	29	19
7	29	19
8	29	19
9	29	19
10	29	19
11	29	19
12	29	19
13	29	19
14	29	19
15	29	19
16	29	19
17	29	19
18	29	19
19	29	19
20	29	18
21	29	18
22	28	18
23	28	18
24	28	18
25	28	18
26	28	18
27	28	18
28	28	18

Mercedes weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 19°	99	7.6	14	5.3
Feb	29° / 19°	112	8.1	13.2	5.9
Mar	27° / 17°	111	8.1	12.3	7.0
Apr	23° / 14°	129	8.3	11.2	7.2
May	19° / 11°	80	6.7	10.3	6.6
Jun	16° / 8°	74	7	9.8	5.6
Jul	16° / 7°	65	6.4	10	5.4
Aug	18° / 8°	89	6.7	10.8	6.4
Sep	20° / 10°	85	7.5	11.8	6.7
Oct	23° / 13°	122	9.4	12.8	7.0
Nov	26° / 15°	105	7.5	13.7	7.2
Dec	29° / 18°	117	8.1	14.2	6.1

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	61	60	60	59	59	59	59	60	60	61	61	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	63
Cloudier (%)	39	40	40	41	41	41	41	40	40	39	39	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	62	38
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Mercedes gets around 112 mm of rain over 8.1 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 29% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	31	31	32	32	33	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	32
4	32
5	33
6	32
7	32
8	32
9	31
10	31
11	30
12	30
13	29
14	29
15	28
16	28
17	27
18	26
19	26
20	26
21	26
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	26
26	27
27	27
28	27

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of February feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, February lands in the muggy band about 32% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 44% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Dry (%)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Comfortable (%)	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	21	21
Humid (%)	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	28
Muggy (%)	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	30	29	29	28	27
Oppressive (%)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Miserable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	11	18	25	33	11	1
2	11	18	25	33	12	1
3	11	19	26	32	12	1
4	10	19	26	32	12	1
5	10	19	26	32	12	1
6	10	19	26	32	12	1
7	10	20	26	32	12	1
8	10	20	26	32	12	0
9	10	19	26	32	12	0
10	10	19	26	32	12	0
11	10	19	26	32	12	0
12	10	19	26	33	12	0
13	10	18	26	33	12	0
14	10	18	26	34	12	0
15	10	18	26	34	12	0
16	11	18	26	34	12	0
17	11	18	26	34	12	0
18	11	18	26	34	12	0
19	11	18	26	33	12	0
20	11	19	26	33	12	0
21	10	19	26	32	12	0
22	10	19	26	32	13	0
23	10	19	26	31	13	0
24	10	20	27	30	13	0
25	10	20	27	29	13	0
26	10	20	28	29	13	0
27	10	21	28	28	13	0
28	10	21	28	27	13	0

Wind in February

Winds average 12 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 min at the start of February to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:17 AM to 7:41 AM, and sunset from 8:54 PM to 8:30 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.0	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:40	7:41
Sunset (PM)	8:54	8:54	8:53	8:52	8:52	8:51	8:50	8:50	8:49	8:48	8:47	8:46	8:45	8:44	8:43	8:43	8:42	8:41	8:40	8:39	8:38	8:36	8:35	8:34	8:33	8:32	8:31	8:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.6	7:17	8:54
2	13.6	7:18	8:54
3	13.6	7:19	8:53
4	13.5	7:20	8:52
5	13.5	7:21	8:52
6	13.5	7:22	8:51
7	13.5	7:23	8:50
8	13.4	7:23	8:50
9	13.4	7:24	8:49
10	13.4	7:25	8:48
11	13.3	7:26	8:47
12	13.3	7:27	8:46
13	13.3	7:28	8:45
14	13.3	7:29	8:44
15	13.2	7:30	8:43
16	13.2	7:31	8:43
17	13.2	7:32	8:42
18	13.1	7:33	8:41
19	13.1	7:34	8:40
20	13.1	7:34	8:39
21	13.0	7:35	8:38
22	13.0	7:36	8:36
23	13.0	7:37	8:35
24	12.9	7:38	8:34
25	12.9	7:39	8:33
26	12.9	7:40	8:32
27	12.8	7:40	8:31
28	12.8	7:41	8:30

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 6.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.3 kWh/m² to a high of 7.35 kWh/m² in December across the year — February's 6.2 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.7	Intense
2	6.7	Intense
3	6.6	Intense
4	6.6	Intense
5	6.5	Intense
6	6.5	Intense
7	6.5	Intense
8	6.4	Intense
9	6.4	Intense
10	6.4	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.2	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.1	Intense
18	6.1	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.0	Intense
21	6.0	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Mercedes?

Our two travel scores rate February for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.9

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

7.3

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Mercedes for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Mercedes in February

From February's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In February, Mercedes sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Mercedes in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mercedes peaks around January 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	11	10	6	4	3	3	4	6	8	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Mercedes?

Mercedes sits at 33.3°S, 58.0°W, 29 m above sea level, in Uruguay. The nearest listed city is Fray Bentos, 30 km away.

Topography around Mercedes

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Mercedes.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mercedes has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m around an average of 21 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 157 m.

The land around Mercedes is covered by grassland (41%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and cropland (42%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

65 m

grassland 41%

16 km

86 m

cropland 43%

80 km

157 m

cropland 42%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

← January Mercedes year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Fray Bentos 30 km · Dolores 35 km · Gualeguaychú 53 km · Young 72 km · Carmelo 86 km · Concepción del Uruguay 87 km · Paysandú 104 km · Trinidad 109 km

Uruguay travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F / I / L; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 66% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $25,216; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 11.2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 14.8; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 542
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Mercedes (-33.2524°, -58.0305°, elevation 29 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	19
2	30	19
3	30	19
4	29	19
5	29	19
6	29	19
7	29	19
8	29	19
9	29	19
10	29	19
11	29	19
12	29	19
13	29	19
14	29	19
15	29	19
16	29	19
17	29	19
18	29	19
19	29	19
20	29	18
21	29	18
22	28	18
23	28	18
24	28	18
25	28	18
26	28	18
27	28	18
28	28	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	62	38
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	32
4	32
5	33
6	32
7	32
8	32
9	31
10	31
11	30
12	30
13	29
14	29
15	28
16	28
17	27
18	26
19	26
20	26
21	26
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	26
26	27
27	27
28	27

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	11	18	25	33	11	1
2	11	18	25	33	12	1
3	11	19	26	32	12	1
4	10	19	26	32	12	1
5	10	19	26	32	12	1
6	10	19	26	32	12	1
7	10	20	26	32	12	1
8	10	20	26	32	12	0
9	10	19	26	32	12	0
10	10	19	26	32	12	0
11	10	19	26	32	12	0
12	10	19	26	33	12	0
13	10	18	26	33	12	0
14	10	18	26	34	12	0
15	10	18	26	34	12	0
16	11	18	26	34	12	0
17	11	18	26	34	12	0
18	11	18	26	34	12	0
19	11	18	26	33	12	0
20	11	19	26	33	12	0
21	10	19	26	32	12	0
22	10	19	26	32	13	0
23	10	19	26	31	13	0
24	10	20	27	30	13	0
25	10	20	27	29	13	0
26	10	20	28	29	13	0
27	10	21	28	28	13	0
28	10	21	28	27	13	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	19
2	30	19
3	30	19
4	29	19
5	29	19
6	29	19
7	29	19
8	29	19
9	29	19
10	29	19
11	29	19
12	29	19
13	29	19
14	29	19
15	29	19
16	29	19
17	29	19
18	29	19
19	29	19
20	29	18
21	29	18
22	28	18
23	28	18
24	28	18
25	28	18
26	28	18
27	28	18
28	28	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	62	38
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	32
4	32
5	33
6	32
7	32
8	32
9	31
10	31
11	30
12	30
13	29
14	29
15	28
16	28
17	27
18	26
19	26
20	26
21	26
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	26
26	27
27	27
28	27

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	11	18	25	33	11	1
2	11	18	25	33	12	1
3	11	19	26	32	12	1
4	10	19	26	32	12	1
5	10	19	26	32	12	1
6	10	19	26	32	12	1
7	10	20	26	32	12	1
8	10	20	26	32	12	0
9	10	19	26	32	12	0
10	10	19	26	32	12	0
11	10	19	26	32	12	0
12	10	19	26	33	12	0
13	10	18	26	33	12	0
14	10	18	26	34	12	0
15	10	18	26	34	12	0
16	11	18	26	34	12	0
17	11	18	26	34	12	0
18	11	18	26	34	12	0
19	11	18	26	33	12	0
20	11	19	26	33	12	0
21	10	19	26	32	12	0
22	10	19	26	32	13	0
23	10	19	26	31	13	0
24	10	20	27	30	13	0
25	10	20	27	29	13	0
26	10	20	28	29	13	0
27	10	21	28	28	13	0
28	10	21	28	27	13	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	19
2	30	19
3	30	19
4	29	19
5	29	19
6	29	19
7	29	19
8	29	19
9	29	19
10	29	19
11	29	19
12	29	19
13	29	19
14	29	19
15	29	19
16	29	19
17	29	19
18	29	19
19	29	19
20	29	18
21	29	18
22	28	18
23	28	18
24	28	18
25	28	18
26	28	18
27	28	18
28	28	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	62	38
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	32
4	32
5	33
6	32
7	32
8	32
9	31
10	31
11	30
12	30
13	29
14	29
15	28
16	28
17	27
18	26
19	26
20	26
21	26
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	26
26	27
27	27
28	27

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	11	18	25	33	11	1
2	11	18	25	33	12	1
3	11	19	26	32	12	1
4	10	19	26	32	12	1
5	10	19	26	32	12	1
6	10	19	26	32	12	1
7	10	20	26	32	12	1
8	10	20	26	32	12	0
9	10	19	26	32	12	0
10	10	19	26	32	12	0
11	10	19	26	32	12	0
12	10	19	26	33	12	0
13	10	18	26	33	12	0
14	10	18	26	34	12	0
15	10	18	26	34	12	0
16	11	18	26	34	12	0
17	11	18	26	34	12	0
18	11	18	26	34	12	0
19	11	18	26	33	12	0
20	11	19	26	33	12	0
21	10	19	26	32	12	0
22	10	19	26	32	13	0
23	10	19	26	31	13	0
24	10	20	27	30	13	0
25	10	20	27	29	13	0
26	10	20	28	29	13	0
27	10	21	28	28	13	0
28	10	21	28	27	13	0