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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Lisbon 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 Lisbon for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Merida for

  • prices
  • wellness

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. Lisbon and Merida are level on 50.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Merida 72: Lisbon leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Merida 64: Lisbon leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Merida 42: Lisbon leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Merida 48: Lisbon leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Merida 80: Lisbon leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Merida 50: Lisbon leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Merida 45: Lisbon leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Merida 50: Lisbon leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Merida 75: Merida leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Merida 52: Lisbon leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 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: Lisbon and Merida.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

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

Merida
56match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °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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LisbonMerida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonMerida
Official languagePortugueseSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation100 m12 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonMerida
City population545,796892,363
People per km²5,4531,010
Museums within 10 km805
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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.