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The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Merida or Seattle?

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
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Seattle for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Merida leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Merida 72, Seattle 66: Merida leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Merida 64, Seattle 50: Merida leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Merida 42, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Merida 48, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Merida 80, Seattle 55: Merida leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Merida 50, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Merida 45, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Merida 50, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Merida 75, Seattle 22: Merida leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Merida 52, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Merida and Seattle are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Merida and Seattle.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Merida
56match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Seattle
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MeridaSeattle

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMeridaSeattle
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation12 m40 m
Main airportManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMeridaSeattle
City population892,363737,015
People per km²1,0101,996
Museums within 10 km527
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.