Mérida

Mercado Libre on 6 October 2026: 311 listings of two-bedroom apartments for rent in Mérida. The site's price filter over the whole result set: up to 15,000 pesos - 61 listings, from 15,000 to 20,000 - 134, above 20,000 - 116. First page of results (46 cards, all in pesos): from 11,500 to 38,500, median 16,750, half lie between 15,000 and 22,925, median price per square meter about 185 pesos. 233 of the 311 apartments have air conditioning, 173 are in complexes with a pool, 127 are rented furnished, pets are allowed in 193. 308 of the 311 listings were posted by agencies. Almost all apartments are new complexes in the north of the city: Temozón Norte (87 listings), Montes de Amé (43), Montebello (24). One Altabrisa listing appears twice on the first page. These are asking prices, not contracts; we did not cross-check Inmuebles24, Lamudi or Vivanuncios. We did not count house rentals separately, which families in Mérida also often choose.

Mercado Libre on 6 October 2026: 3864 listings of three-bedroom houses for sale in Mérida. The site's price filter over the whole result set: up to 4 million pesos - 1034, from 4 to 6 million - 1355, above 6 million - 1475. Most offers are in the northern suburbs: Dzitya (589), Cholul (580), Temozón Norte (404), and also in the historic center (287). First page (46 cards): 43 prices in pesos, from 2.09 to 39.9 million, median 6.65 million, half between 3.9 and 11 million, median price per square meter about 23,200 pesos; three cards in dollars. Under 4 million: houses of 98-190 m² in Caucel, Misné-Balam, Gran Santa Fe, Real Montejo, Dzitya; 6-8 million: 230-330 m² in Dzitya, Cholul, Temozón Norte. Some listings on the first page repeat (one Dzitya project three times). These are asking prices, not sales.

INEGI calculates the extreme income poverty line (the cost of the food basket) per person per month, separately for urban and rural areas of the country as a whole. August 2026, urban: 2562.58 pesos, up 4.5% year on year with general inflation of 3.3%. For a family of four, 10,250.32 pesos: this is our multiplication by four. There is no separate value for Mérida or Yucatán; Mexico City and Playa del Carmen have the same figure. This is the minimum set of food, not a real supermarket receipt.

INEGI, income poverty line (food plus non-food basket) per person per month, August 2026: urban 4905.33 pesos, rural 3515.33. For a family of four, 19,621.32 pesos a month: this is our multiplication by four. No separate value is published for Mérida: this is the average for urban residents of the country, the same figure as for Mexico City and Playa del Carmen. By the atlas's definition the line does not include rent; the bulletin does not spell out how housing is accounted for in the non-food basket, so the figure should be read as a lower bound. For comparison, INEGI ENIGH 2024: average current monetary spending per household in Yucatán is 51,255 pesos per quarter (about 17,100 a month, our division), 47,674 nationwide. The median two-bedroom rental in listings in Mérida is about 16,750 pesos a month; the real budget of a relocating family with rent, school, insurance and summer air conditioning is well above the poverty line.

JAPAY household tariff, in force from 1 February 2026, amounts tied to the UMA (117.31 pesos). The charge up to 20 m³ is flat and depends on the zone: zone 1 - up to 3 m³ 67 pesos, 3-10 m³ 82, 10-15 m³ 99, 15-20 m³ 107; zone 2 - 83, 88, 102 and 107; zone 3 - 90, 97, 104 and 107. From 21 m³ each cubic meter is charged by steps common to all zones: 21-40 m³ - 6.67 pesos, 41-60 - 7.12, 61-80 - 8.15, 81-100 - 8.68, higher further on, above 600 m³ - 17.50. Sewerage, if the house is connected, is 50% of the water amount. Example, arithmetic on the tariff, not anyone's bill: 15 m³ costs 99 pesos in zone 1 and 104 in zone 3, with sewerage 148.50 and 156. The tariff page does not say over what period the volume is counted, one month or two, nor how zones are assigned to neighborhoods. Supply is not always stable: on 31 May 2026 a power failure stopped the Mérida I water treatment plant, and JAPAY warned of low pressure or no water in 94 neighborhoods.

The Comisión Nacional de Energía publishes maximum LP gas prices by region and municipality every week, VAT included. For Mérida (region 208, together with most municipalities of Yucatán), for the week from 27 September to 3 October 2026: 20.66 pesos per kilogram and 11.16 per liter. This is a cap; a seller's actual price may be lower. Arithmetic at the cap: a 10 kg cylinder about 207 pesos, 20 kg about 413, 30 kg about 620. For comparison, in Mexico City that week it was 20.10 pesos per kg. Mérida needs no heating; gas is used for cooking and water heating; how many cylinders a family uses was not checked. We did not find piped gas to homes.

Electricity is sold only by the state company CFE; the tariff class depends on the summer temperature of the place and is printed on the bill. A Yucatán state deputy (Riviera Maya News, July 2025): the state has tariffs 1C and 1D, and a house consuming 1000 kWh over two months pays 2255 pesos on 1D, while on tariff 1F it would pay 1146; he proposed moving the state to 1F. Expat residents wrote in 2008 that Mérida is on tariff 1C (Yucatán Living); we did not check the current class by neighborhood. The threshold above which a house is moved to the expensive unsubsidized DAC tariff, by average consumption over 12 months: 850 kWh a month for 1C and 1000 for 1D (recibo-de-luz.com.mx). The summer relief period on the peninsula in 2026, according to the same site, lasts until 31 October. We did not compute a 300 kWh sample bill: the steps of tariffs 1C and 1D for 2026 are not in the sources available to us, and the CFE page does not open from our network. Practical takeaway: because of air conditioning, the electricity bill in Mérida depends heavily on the season; ask the owner for recent bills and check that the house has not been moved to DAC.

Micole review of 4 September 2026 for the state of Yucatán, indicative monthly tuition (colegiatura) ranges: kindergarten 3000-8000 pesos, primary school 4000-12,000, secondary 5000-15,000, international schools and those with the International Baccalaureate 15,000-35,000. In addition, an enrollment fee (inscripción) is paid once a year, usually equal to one or one and a half monthly fees; with cafeteria, bus and activities, annual costs are 30-60% above the base tuition. As examples the review names Instituto Moderno Americano and Colegio Asbaje, but gives no prices for them. This is a state-wide guide without methodology, not data on specific schools; we did not check the admission rules for foreign children.

INEGI, statistics of private health facilities for 2025 (published 31 July 2026), table of municipalities with 10 or more private facilities: Mérida - 13 facilities and 337 census beds; for comparison, Guadalajara - 76 and 1473, Puerto Vallarta - 13 and 156. The average stay in a private hospital in Yucatán is 2.3 days. Public hospitals (IMSS, ISSSTE, state hospitals) are not included. We did not check the names of private hospitals, consultation prices or insurance: the hospital chains' sites return pages without text.

Reports of the US National Hurricane Center (NHC). Isidore: made landfall on the north coast of Yucatán near Puerto Telchac on 22 September 2002 as a category 3 hurricane (110 knots), then meandered for 24-36 hours over the north of the peninsula and weakened. The western eyewall passed through Mérida, where a pressure of 969.9 hPa and gusts up to 70 knots were measured around 23:50 UTC on 22 September. In Mérida two people died indirectly (electrocution from a downed power line and a car crash); in Yucatán agriculture and cattle farming were severely damaged, and many houses and power lines were damaged. Milton (October 2024): at peak strength, 155 knots, its center was about 85 nautical miles northwest of Mérida, then it passed 35-50 miles off the northwestern coast; hurricane-force winds stayed offshore, the north of the peninsula had tropical storm conditions, and the state of Yucatán received 100-150 mm of rain, with a maximum of 220 mm in Dzilam. We did not compile a full list of storms near Mérida.

INEGI ENSU survey, June 2026 (report of 24 July 2026): 38.2% of adults in Mérida consider life in their city unsafe (33.7% in March 2026, 41.9% in June 2025); across 91 cities of the country 59.8%, in Guadalajara 78.0%. Our count from INEGI open data on deaths registered in 2024 (type 'homicidio', place - the municipality of Mérida, year of occurrence 2024): 33 homicides, 3.3 per 100,000 residents by the 2020 census (995,129); all of Yucatán 63, 2.7 per 100,000. For comparison, by the same method: the municipality of Guadalajara - 25.0 per 100,000. Deaths of 2024 registered later are not included, and the population has grown since 2020. The SESNSP summary of reported crimes did not open from our network.

INEGI 2020 population census: municipality of Mérida - 995,129 people, the city itself - 921,771. 188,353 residents of the municipality, 18.9%, were born in another Mexican state; 790,526 in Yucatán. 7.2% of residents over five (66,977 of 930,197) were still living in another state in 2015, a noticeable inflow of newcomers. Children aged 3-5: 41,187; aged 6-11: 81,265; aged 12-14: 42,029. We found no official figure for how many Russian speakers live in the city.

First page of Mercado Libre results for two-bedroom rentals in Mérida on 6 October 2026, neighborhoods as labeled by the site. Temozón Norte: 20 listings from 13,500 to 38,500 pesos, median 16,000, usually 15,000-17,000 for 70-100 m²; above 22,000 are apartments of 158-168 m² or with premium finishes. Montes de Amé: 14,500-19,800 for 80-130 m². Montebello: 16,000 for 89 m² and 28,000 for 127 m². Montejo and Francisco de Montejo: 21,000-27,000 for 108-120 m². Altabrisa: 32,000 for 160 m² and 38,000 for 119 m². Cheapest: Cholul 11,500-15,000 for 85-110 m², Villas del Sol 12,500-14,000 for 76 m², Vista Alegre 12,500, Nuevo Yucatán 12,000. There are no apartments for rent in the historic center on the first page. There are 1 to 20 listings per neighborhood, so this is a guide, not a neighborhood median.

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR) report of 8 September 2026: Mérida airport handled 374,375 passengers in August 2026, 6.9% more than a year earlier; 339,227 domestic and 35,148 international. From the start of 2026 through August: 2,739,431 passengers. Route calculation on OpenStreetMap maps (OSRM engine) from Plaza Grande in the center to the airport: 7.3 km and 9 minutes on a free road. For comparison, the same company's Cancún airport handled 2.1 million passengers in August. We did not check flight or train schedules.

WMO normals for Mérida (SMN data, 1971-2000): mean maximum 35.3 degrees in April, 36.1 in May, 35.0 in June, 34.8 in July, 34.7 in August, 34.1 in September; mean minimums from May to September 20.8-21.3. These are averages; individual days can be hotter. Living without air conditioning at home is hard, hence the high summer electricity bills (see the fact on the CFE tariff).

WMO normals for Mérida (SMN data, 1971-2000). Adding up the twelve monthly normals gives 1050 mm a year; this is our sum, the source has no separate annual line. June 143.1 mm (10.4 days with rain), July 171.1 (12.9), August 138.7 (12.6), September 173.7 (13.5), October 122.8 (9.7): together 749 mm, 71% of the year. The driest months are March (25.0 mm) and April (25.4 mm, 1.7 days). From November to April 229 mm fall.

WMO reference based on data from Mexico's weather service (SMN), period 1971-2000. January: mean minimum 17.0, mean maximum 31.3 degrees; February 17.1 and 31.8; December 17.3 and 30.9. Rainfall from December to February is 32-48 mm a month. Newer 1991-2020 normals from the SMN site did not open for us.

Expansión, 15 September 2026, monthly package prices including phone service: Telmex Infinitum 120 Mbps - 389 pesos, 150 - 435, 250 - 499, 350 - 599 (up to 350 Mbps upload and download are equal), 500 - 649, 600 - 725, 850 - 999, 1000 - 1399. Totalplay: 100 Mbps - 390 pesos with on-time payment, 250 - 560. Megacable: 200 Mbps - 500 pesos for the first 12 months, 500 - 800, 1000 over fiber - 1000. Izzi: 120 Mbps with TV - 579. These are nationwide prices; the article has no separate prices for Mérida, and which providers serve a given neighborhood must be checked by address. There are no independent speed measurements for the city here.