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The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline
The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo

Photos: Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License; Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Macau 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 Macau for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Merida for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • day trips

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. Macau 24, Merida 50: Merida leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Macau 77, Merida 72: Macau leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Macau 62, Merida 64: Merida leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Macau 40, Merida 42: Merida leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Macau 5, Merida 48: Merida leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Macau 52, Merida 80: Merida leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Macau 48, Merida 50: Merida leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Macau 60, Merida 45: Macau leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Macau 58, Merida 50: Macau leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Macau 44, Merida 75: Merida leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Macau 36, Merida 52: Merida leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Macau and Merida are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Macau and Merida.

Your match

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

Macau
46match

Wins on getting around and shopping with your weighting.

Merida
Best match
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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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MacauMerida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre). Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMacauMerida
Official languagePortuguese, Cantonese, Standard ChineseSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyPataca (MOP)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsFGM220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-6
Emergency number999911
Elevation22 m12 m
Main airportMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureMacauMerida
City population682,100892,363
People per km²5,9161,010
Museums within 10 km285
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months12 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.