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The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Merida or Paris?

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

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

Choose Paris for

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Merida leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Merida 72, Paris 96: Paris leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Merida 64, Paris 97: Paris leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Merida 42, Paris 80: Paris leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Merida 48, Paris 52: Paris leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Merida 80, Paris 92: Paris leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Merida 50, Paris 79: Paris leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Merida 45, Paris 88: Paris leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Merida 50, Paris 98: Paris leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Merida 75, Paris 25: Merida leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Merida 52, Paris 88: Paris leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Merida and Paris are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Merida and Paris.

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.

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on shopping 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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MeridaParis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMeridaParis
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m27 m
Main airportManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMeridaParis
City population892,3632,103,778
People per km²1,01019,960
Museums within 10 km5251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.