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The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Merida or Pisa?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Pisa for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Pisa’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, Pisa 58: Pisa leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Merida 72, Pisa 55: Merida leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Merida 64, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Merida 42, Pisa 40: Merida leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Merida 48, Pisa 62: Pisa leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Merida 80, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Merida 50, Pisa 52: Pisa leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Merida 45, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Merida 50, Pisa 38: Merida leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Merida 75, Pisa 55: Merida leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Merida 52, Pisa 38: Merida leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Merida 40, Pisa 45: Pisa leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Merida and Pisa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Merida
56match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Pisa
57match

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

Pisa in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
32 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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MeridaPisa

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMeridaPisa
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaItalian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m4 m
Main airportManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMeridaPisa
City population892,36388,737
People per km²1,010479
Museums within 10 km527
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 months

Where else could you go?

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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.