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The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo
The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo

Photos: Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Merida or Monaco?

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 Merida for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Monaco for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Monaco’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. Merida 50, Monaco 68: Monaco leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Merida 72, Monaco 57: Merida leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Merida 64, Monaco 55: Merida leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Merida 42, Monaco 48: Monaco leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Merida 48, Monaco 70: Monaco leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Merida 80, Monaco 84: Monaco leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Merida 50, Monaco 60: Monaco leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Merida 45, Monaco 78: Monaco leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Merida 50, Monaco 52: Monaco leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Merida 75, Monaco 3: Merida leads by 72 points.
Live music & performing arts. Merida 52, Monaco 63: Monaco leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Merida 40, Monaco 55: Monaco leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Merida and Monaco.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Merida
56match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Monaco
58match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MeridaMonaco

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre). Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMeridaMonaco
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m68 m
Main airportManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMeridaMonaco
City population892,36338,857
People per km²1,01018,503
Museums within 10 km514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.