Mercedes weather in July

In July, Mercedes sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 65 mm of rain across 6.4 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of July to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Mercedes's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mercedes's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
65 mm
6.4 wet days
Daylight
10 hours
8:58 AM – 6:58 PM
Cloud cover
55%
10th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
2.52 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
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.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month.

A typical July day in Mercedes reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 2°C cooler than August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1167
2167
3167
4167
5167
6167
7167
8167
9167
10167
11167
12167
13167
14167
15167
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27167
28167
29167
30167
31177

Mercedes weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 19°997.6145.3
Feb29° / 19°1128.113.25.9
Mar27° / 17°1118.112.37.0
Apr23° / 14°1298.311.27.2
May19° / 11°806.710.36.6
Jun16° / 7479.85.6
Jul16° / 656.4105.4
Aug18° / 896.710.86.4
Sep20° / 10°857.511.86.7
Oct23° / 13°1229.412.87.0
Nov26° / 15°1057.513.77.2
Dec29° / 18°1178.114.26.1

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
24852
34753
44852
54753
64852
74753
84753
94753
104852
114852
124852
134951
144951
154951
165050
175050
185149
195149
205149
215149
225149
235149
245149
254951
264951
274951
284852
295050
305050
315050

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Mercedes gets around 65 mm of rain over 6.4 wet days in July, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 21% and peaks near 24% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
124
224
324
424
523
623
723
822
922
1022
1121
1221
1320
1420
1520
1619
1719
1819
1919
2019
2119
2219
2319
2419
2519
2619
2719
2820
2920
3020
3120

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 85% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1831241
2831241
3831241
4841240
5831340
6831340
7831340
8831340
9831340
10831340
11841240
12841240
13841240
14851230
15861130
16861130
17861130
18861130
19871030
20871030
21871030
22871030
23861040
24861040
25861040
26861040
27861040
28851050
2986950
3086950
3186950

Wind in July

Winds average 13 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
613light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
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2713light breeze
2813light breeze
2913light breeze
3013light breeze
3113light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 48 min at the start of July to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 9:01 AM to 8:49 AM, and sunset from 6:50 PM to 7:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.89:016:50
29.89:016:51
39.89:016:51
49.89:016:51
59.99:016:52
69.99:006:52
79.99:006:53
89.99:006:53
99.99:006:54
109.99:006:54
119.98:596:55
129.98:596:55
1310.08:596:56
1410.08:596:57
1510.08:586:57
1610.08:586:58
1710.08:576:58
1810.08:576:59
1910.18:567:00
2010.18:567:00
2110.18:557:01
2210.18:557:01
2310.18:547:02
2410.28:547:03
2510.28:537:03
2610.28:527:04
2710.28:527:05
2810.28:517:06
2910.38:507:06
3010.38:507:07
3110.38:497:08

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 2.52 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 — July's 2.52 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.3Moderate
22.3Moderate
32.3Moderate
42.3Moderate
52.3Moderate
62.4Moderate
72.4Moderate
82.4Moderate
92.4Moderate
102.4Moderate
112.4Moderate
122.5Moderate
132.5Moderate
142.5Moderate
152.5Moderate
162.5Moderate
172.5Moderate
182.6Moderate
192.6Moderate
202.6Moderate
212.6Moderate
222.6Moderate
232.7Moderate
242.7Moderate
252.7Moderate
262.7Moderate
272.8Moderate
282.8Moderate
292.8Moderate
302.9Moderate
312.9Moderate
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Mercedes?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.6
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Mercedes for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mercedes in July

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

In July, Mercedes sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Mercedes in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 15UV 13Jun 20UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar10Very high
Apr6High
May4Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul3Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep6High
Oct8Very high
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme
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.

Fray BentosDoloresGualeguaychúYoungCarmeloConcepción del UruguayPaysandúTrinidad

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
16 km
86 m
80 km
157 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
July 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
none 47%Roman Catholic 37%Protestant 15%atheist 10%

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).