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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Dublin’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. Dublin 27, Merida 50: Merida leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Merida 72: Merida leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin and Merida are level on 64.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Merida 42: Dublin leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Merida 48: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Merida 80: Merida leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Merida 50: Dublin leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Merida 45: Dublin leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Merida 50: Dublin leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Merida 75: Merida leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Merida 52: Dublin leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Merida 40: Merida leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Merida.

Your match

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

Dublin
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.

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinMerida
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m12 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinMerida
City population592,713892,363
People per km²5,1541,010
Museums within 10 km405
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). 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.