Lago Merín

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Lago Merín

Total population

794

Land area1.76 km²

WeatherAvg high 71.9°F

Coordinates-32.74°, -53.26°

Demographic figures from INE Uruguay. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Lago Merín is a village and resort on the coast of Lagoon Merín, in the Cerro Largo Department of Uruguay. Although it has a very few permanent inhabitants, it is an important summer resort. In the last years it has become an important kitesurfing location.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Nearby places in Cerro Largo

• Ciudad Rodrigo
  5878.3 mi away · pop. 10,873
• San Felices de los Gallegos
  5886.4 mi away · pop. 355
• Las Casas del Conde
  5889.3 mi away · pop. 63
• El Cabaco
  5889.6 mi away · pop. 216
• Hinojosa de Duero
  5891.1 mi away · pop. 561
• Fresnedoso
  5896.3 mi away · pop. 92
• Vitigudino
  5903.8 mi away · pop. 2,291
• Arenas de San Pedro
  5904.7 mi away · pop. 5,638
• Hoyos del Espino
  5909.6 mi away · pop. 360
• San Esteban del Valle
  5911.6 mi away · pop. 734
• San Martín del Pimpollar
  5914.2 mi away · pop. 202
• Navarrevisca
  5919.3 mi away · pop. 285

Browse all places in Cerro Largo →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Cocoi Heron

Ardea cocoi

Seen 2026-09-16

Green-barred Woodpecker

Colaptes melanochloros

Seen 2026-09-16

Yellow-billed Teal

Anas flavirostris

Seen 2026-09-16

Black-bellied Slider

Trachemys dorbigni

Seen 2026-09-14

Masked Gnatcatcher

Polioptila dumicola

Seen 2026-09-14

Capybara

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

Seen 2026-09-14

Myocastor coypus bonariensis

Myocastor coypus bonariensis

Seen 2026-09-14

Crested Caracara

Caracara plancus

Seen 2026-09-14

Asian Clam

Corbicula fluminea

Seen 2026-02-15

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).