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The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Merida or Singapore?

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

  • day trips
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Singapore for

  • getting around
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Singapore’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, Singapore 40: Merida leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Merida 72, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Merida 64, Singapore 62: Merida leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Merida 42, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Merida 48, Singapore 45: Merida leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Merida 80, Singapore 25: Merida leads by 55 points.
Good for families. Merida 50, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Merida 45, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Merida 50, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Merida 75, Singapore 25: Merida leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Merida 52, Singapore 50: Merida leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Merida and Singapore are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Merida and Singapore.

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 day trips and prices with your weighting.

Singapore
57match

Wins on getting around and families 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

Singapore in July

31 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MeridaSingapore

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMeridaSingapore
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+8
Emergency number911Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation12 m21 m
Main airportManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMeridaSingapore
City population892,3635,866,139
People per km²1,0108,158
Museums within 10 km540
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.