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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Liverpool 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 Liverpool for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Merida for

  • beaches
  • 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. Liverpool 22, Merida 50: Merida leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Merida 72: Merida leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool and Merida are level on 64.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Merida 42: Liverpool leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Merida 48: Liverpool leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Merida 80: Merida leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Merida 50: Liverpool leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Merida 45: Liverpool leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Merida 50: Liverpool leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Merida 75: Merida leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Merida 52: Liverpool leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Merida 40: Merida leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Merida.

Your match

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

Liverpool
52match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Merida
Best match
56match

Wins on beaches 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.

Liverpool in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °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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Where the figures come from

Liverpool's temperatures are measured 47 km from the centre, at Manchester Airport.

Liverpool has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre). Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolMerida
Official languageEnglishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112 or 999911
Elevation70 m12 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolMerida
City population513,441892,363
People per km²4,5921,010
Museums within 10 km315
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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). 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.