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The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Merida or Tallinn?

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
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • getting around
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Merida leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Merida 72, Tallinn 52: Merida leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Merida 64, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Merida 42, Tallinn 44: Tallinn leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Merida 48, Tallinn 55: Tallinn leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Merida 80, Tallinn 58: Merida leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Merida 50, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Merida 45, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Merida 50, Tallinn 40: Merida leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Merida 75, Tallinn 47: Merida leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Merida 52, Tallinn 50: Merida leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Merida 40, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Merida and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Merida
Best match
56match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MeridaTallinn

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMeridaTallinn
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaEstonian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m28 m
Main airportManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMeridaTallinn
City population892,363457,572
People per km²1,0102,871
Museums within 10 km516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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.