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The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Merida or Quebec City?

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
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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, Quebec City 18: Merida leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Merida 72, Quebec City 57: Merida leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Merida 64, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Merida and Quebec City are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Merida 48, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Merida 80, Quebec City 58: Merida leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Merida 50, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Merida 45, Quebec City 50: Quebec City leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Merida 50, Quebec City 45: Merida leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Merida 75, Quebec City 45: Merida leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Merida and Quebec City are level on 52.
Wellness & relaxation. Merida 40, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Merida and Quebec City.

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 prices with your weighting.

Quebec City
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 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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MeridaQuebec City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMeridaQuebec City
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench, English
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation12 m98 m
Main airportManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureMeridaQuebec City
City population892,363574,482
People per km²1,0101,184
Museums within 10 km516
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. 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.