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Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day
The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo

Photos: Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License; Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Huntington Beach 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 Huntington Beach for

  • families
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Merida for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • 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. Huntington Beach 70, Merida 50: Huntington Beach leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Huntington Beach 46, Merida 72: Merida leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Huntington Beach 14, Merida 64: Merida leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Huntington Beach 38, Merida 42: Merida leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Huntington Beach 58, Merida 48: Huntington Beach leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Huntington Beach 63, Merida 80: Merida leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Huntington Beach 82, Merida 50: Huntington Beach leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Huntington Beach 20, Merida 45: Merida leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Huntington Beach 42, Merida 50: Merida leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Huntington Beach 28, Merida 75: Merida leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Huntington Beach 33, Merida 52: Merida leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Huntington Beach 36, Merida 40: Merida leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Huntington Beach and Merida.

Your match

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

Huntington Beach
44match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Merida
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Huntington Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 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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Huntington BeachMerida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre). Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHuntington BeachMerida
Official language-Spanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number911911
Elevation12 m12 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureHuntington BeachMerida
City population198,711892,363
People per km²2,4061,010
Museums within 10 km35
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.