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The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Merida or Prague?

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
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose Prague for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Prague’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, Prague 10: Merida leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Merida 72, Prague 50: Merida leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Merida 64, Prague 83: Prague leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Merida 42, Prague 65: Prague leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Merida 48, Prague 58: Prague leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Merida 80, Prague 77: Merida leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Merida and Prague are level on 50.
Getting around. Merida 45, Prague 83: Prague leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Merida and Prague are level on 50.
Affordability. Merida 75, Prague 62: Merida leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Merida 52, Prague 76: Prague leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Merida and Prague are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Merida and Prague.

Your match

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

Merida
56match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Prague in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MeridaPrague

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMeridaPrague
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaCzech
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m235 m
Main airportManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMeridaPrague
City population892,3631,397,880
People per km²1,0102,817
Museums within 10 km588
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.