Region · Venezuela
Where to stay in the Mérida region
This guide covers 4 destinations in the Mérida region, a first-level administrative division of Venezuela, with 1 place to stay between them. The largest by population are Mérida, Libertador and El Vigía. Across its destinations, June, August and December to March are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport (VIG).
- Destinations in this guide
- 4
- Places to stay
- 1
- Comfortable in the most places
- June, August and December to March
- Main airport
- VIGJuan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport
- Currency
- VESsovereign bolivar
- Time zone
- America/Caracas
Destinations
Destinations in Mérida region
Every destination in this guide in the Mérida region, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Libertador | 217,537 | 1 | VIG · 58 km |
| Mérida | 248,192 | VIG · 55 km | |
| El Vigía | 155,843 | VIG · 2 km | |
| Ejido | 107,056 | VIG · 48 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in Mérida region
1 hotel in the Mérida region recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Hotel Plaza CA | Libertador |
When to go
Best time to visit Mérida region
From the climate of 4 destinations in the Mérida region with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: June, August and December to March.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3 of 4 | 23 °C | 24 mm |
| February | 3 of 4 | 23 °C | 24 mm |
| March | 3 of 4 | 23 °C | 42 mm |
| April | 0 of 4 | 23 °C | 93 mm |
| May | 0 of 4 | 23 °C | 113 mm |
| June | 3 of 4 | 23 °C | 79 mm |
| July | 0 of 4 | 23 °C | 82 mm |
| August | 3 of 4 | 23 °C | 80 mm |
| September | 0 of 4 | 23 °C | 84 mm |
| October | 0 of 4 | 23 °C | 109 mm |
| November | 0 of 4 | 22 °C | 86 mm |
| December | 3 of 4 | 23 °C | 41 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Mérida region
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in the Mérida region name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
VIG · Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso Airport
BNS · Barinas Airport
VLV · Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport
CUC · Camilo Daza International Airport
SVZ · Juan Vicente Gómez International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Mérida region, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Venezuela
Nearby
Regions near Mérida region
Other regions of Venezuela with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.