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The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Merida or Montreal?

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
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Montreal for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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, Montreal 25: Merida leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Merida 72, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Merida 64, Montreal 60: Merida leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Merida 42, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Merida 48, Montreal 66: Montreal leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Merida 80, Montreal 55: Merida leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Merida 50, Montreal 68: Montreal leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Merida 45, Montreal 72: Montreal leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Merida 50, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Merida 75, Montreal 45: Merida leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Merida 52, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Merida 40, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Merida and Montreal.

Your match

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

Merida
56match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Montreal
Best match
61match

Wins on nightlife and getting around 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

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MeridaMontreal

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMeridaMontreal
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench, English
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation12 m31 m
Main airportManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureMeridaMontreal
City population892,3631,895,211
People per km²1,0103,806
Museums within 10 km537
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.