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The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo
The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Merida or Myrtle Beach?

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

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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

Choose Myrtle Beach for

  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Myrtle Beach’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, Myrtle Beach 84: Myrtle Beach leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Merida 72, Myrtle Beach 38: Merida leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Merida 64, Myrtle Beach 20: Merida leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Merida and Myrtle Beach are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Merida 48, Myrtle Beach 46: Merida leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Merida 80, Myrtle Beach 50: Merida leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Merida 50, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Merida 45, Myrtle Beach 18: Merida leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Merida 50, Myrtle Beach 38: Merida leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Merida 75, Myrtle Beach 52: Merida leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Merida 52, Myrtle Beach 30: Merida leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Merida 40, Myrtle Beach 28: Merida leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Merida and Myrtle Beach.

Your match

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

Merida
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

Myrtle Beach
44match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Myrtle Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
172 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Myrtle Beach 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. Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMeridaMyrtle Beach
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation12 m8 m
Main airportManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMeridaMyrtle Beach
City population892,36335,682
People per km²1,010591
Museums within 10 km52
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.