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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Avignon or Merida?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Avignon for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Avignon’s own page.

Choose Merida for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Merida’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Avignon 22, Merida 50: Merida leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Merida 72: Merida leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Merida 64: Avignon leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Merida 42: Merida leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Merida 48: Avignon leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Merida 80: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Merida 50: Merida leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Merida 45: Avignon leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Merida 50: Merida leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Merida 75: Merida leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Merida 52: Avignon leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Merida 40: Merida leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Merida.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Avignon
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Merida
Best match
56match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Merida in July

35 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
148 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Avignon has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre). Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonMerida
Official languageFrenchSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m12 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonMerida
City population92,188892,363
People per km²1,4201,010
Museums within 10 km115
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.