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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Cannes 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 Cannes for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Merida for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Cannes 80, Merida 50: Cannes leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Merida 72: Merida leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Merida 64: Merida leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Cannes and Merida are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Merida 48: Cannes leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Merida 80: Cannes leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Merida 50: Cannes leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Merida 45: Cannes leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Merida 50: Cannes leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Merida 75: Merida leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Merida 52: Merida leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Merida 40: Cannes leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Merida.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Cannes
55match

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

Merida
56match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cannes in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °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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CannesMerida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cannes: 2004-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cannes (5.8 km from centre). Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesMerida
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
Elevation0 m12 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesMerida
City population74,350892,363
People per km²3,7931,010
Museums within 10 km165
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.