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The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Merida or Mumbai?

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

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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, Mumbai 18: Merida leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Merida 72, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Merida 64, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Merida 42, Mumbai 52: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Merida 48, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Merida 80, Mumbai 48: Merida leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Merida 50, Mumbai 35: Merida leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Merida 45, Mumbai 38: Merida leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Merida 50, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Merida 75, Mumbai 72: Merida leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Merida 52, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Merida 40, Mumbai 24: Merida leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Merida and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Merida
Best match
56match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on shopping and food and drink 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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MeridaMumbai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMeridaMumbai
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaHindi, English
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+5:30
Emergency number911108 or 112
Elevation12 m14 m
Main airportManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMeridaMumbai
City population892,36315,414,288
People per km²1,01025,563
Museums within 10 km51
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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.