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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Merida for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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. Brisbane 55, Merida 50: Brisbane leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Merida 72: Merida leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Merida 64: Merida leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Merida 42: Brisbane leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Merida 48: Brisbane leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Merida 80: Merida leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Merida 50: Brisbane leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Merida 45: Brisbane leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Merida 50: Merida leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Merida 75: Merida leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Merida 52: Brisbane leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane and Merida are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Merida.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Brisbane
54match

Wins on families and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Merida
56match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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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BrisbaneMerida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneMerida
Official languageEnglishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC-6
Emergency number000911
Elevation0 m12 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneMerida
City population2,706,966892,363
People per km²1711,010
Museums within 10 km165
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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.