Raman spectra of solutions of manganese(II), nickel(II), copper(II) and zinc(II) perchlorate with varying molality were measured in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA) and their mixtures by titration Raman spectroscopy at 298 K. The in-plane O¼C-N bending vibration at 660 cm À1 of DMF and the stretching N-CH 3 vibration at 740 cm À1 of DMA show an appreciable shift to a higher frequency upon coordination of the solvent molecules to the metal ion. These Raman spectra were deconvoluted and the bound solvent bands (n bound ) to the metal ion were extracted from the free solvent band (n free ). The number of solvent molecules bound to the metal ion or the individual solvation number n in a solvent mixture, i.e., n DMF and n DMA for DMF and DMA, respectively, were evaluated by analyzing the intensity decrease of the free solvent bands with increasing molality of the metal ion. It turned out that the manganese(II) ion is six-coordinated over the whole solvent composition range in the mixtures, i.e., n DMF þ n DMA ¼ 6, and the relationship n DMF =n DMA ¼ x DMF =x DMA , where x denotes the mole fraction of the solvent, holds in the mixture. With regard to the zinc(II) ion, the total solvation number decreases from 6 with increasing x DMA in the mixtures. In neat DMA, two bound solvent bands are extracted, indicating that two species, Zn(DMA) 6 2þ and Zn(DMA) 4 2þ , coexist in equilibrium. With the six-coordinate zinc(II) solvated ion, the relationship n DMF =n DMA > x DMF =x DMA holds in the mixture. This shows that the solvation steric effect of DMA operates for the six-coordinate zinc(II) solvated ion, unlike for the manganese(II) one. The copper(II) ion is six-coordinated, although the coordination structure is strongly distorted owing to the Jahn-Teller effect. Indeed, two bands ascribable to the solvents bound at the equatorial and axial positions were extracted. In the mixtures, the relationship n DMF =n DMA > x DMF =x DMA holds for solvents bound at the equatorial position, i.e., the solvation steric effect operates among solvent molecules, while the relationship n DMF =n DMA 4 x DMF =x DMA holds for solvents bound at the axial position. This is expected because the Cu-O(solvent) bond length is longer for the solvent at the axial position, and the electron-pair donating ability is slightly stronger for DMA. The magnitude of the shift Dn ( ¼ n bound À n free ) depends strongly on the metal ion. Indeed, the Dn values in neat DMF and DMA vary according to the relationship Dn ¼ (ar) Àn , a function of the ionic radius r of the metal ion, and the parameters a and n were evaluated. The shift Dn in the mixtures implies that the M-O(DMF) bond length in the M(DMF) 6 À n (DMA) n 2þ solvated ion is elongated with increasing coordination number n DMA of DMA.