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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Baku 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 Baku for

  • getting around

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

Choose Merida for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Baku 40, Merida 50: Merida leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Merida 72: Merida leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Merida 64: Merida leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Baku and Merida are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Merida 48: Merida leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Merida 80: Merida leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Merida 50: Merida leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Merida 45: Baku leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Merida 50: Merida leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Merida 75: Merida leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku and Merida are level on 52.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Merida 40: Merida leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Merida.

Your match

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

Baku
48match

Wins on getting around with your weighting.

Merida
Best match
56match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Baku in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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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BakuMerida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuMerida
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC-6
Emergency number102 or 112911
Elevation-28 m12 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuMerida
City population2,300,500892,363
People per km²1,0751,010
Museums within 10 km505
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.