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The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Merida or Tangier?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tangier for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Tangier’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 and Tangier are level on 50.
Food & drink. Merida 72, Tangier 58: Merida leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Merida 64, Tangier 57: Merida leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Merida 42, Tangier 30: Merida leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Merida 48, Tangier 55: Tangier leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Merida 80, Tangier 72: Merida leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Merida 50, Tangier 35: Merida leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Merida 45, Tangier 40: Merida leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Merida 50, Tangier 42: Merida leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Merida 75, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Merida 52, Tangier 28: Merida leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Merida 40, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Merida and Tangier.

Your match

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

Merida
Best match
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and families with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Tangier in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMeridaTangier
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1
Emergency number911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation12 m56 m
Main airportManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMeridaTangier
City population892,3631,275,428
People per km²1,0106,393
Museums within 10 km56
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months3 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.