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The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Merida or Stuttgart?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Stuttgart’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, Stuttgart 8: Merida leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Merida 72, Stuttgart 58: Merida leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Merida 64, Stuttgart 62: Merida leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Merida and Stuttgart are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Merida 48, Stuttgart 60: Stuttgart leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Merida and Stuttgart are level on 80.
Good for families. Merida 50, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Merida 45, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Merida 50, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Merida 75, Stuttgart 40: Merida leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Merida 52, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Merida 40, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Merida and Stuttgart.

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 beaches and prices with your weighting.

Stuttgart
57match

Wins on getting around 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

Stuttgart in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
79 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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MeridaStuttgart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMeridaStuttgart
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaGerman
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m245 m
Main airportManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMeridaStuttgart
City population892,363609,365
People per km²1,0102,938
Museums within 10 km542
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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.