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The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Merida or Tirana?

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

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Tirana for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Merida leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Merida 72, Tirana 57: Merida leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Merida 64, Tirana 42: Merida leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Merida 42, Tirana 58: Tirana leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Merida 48, Tirana 62: Tirana leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Merida 80, Tirana 64: Merida leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Merida 50, Tirana 40: Merida leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Merida 45, Tirana 54: Tirana leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Merida 50, Tirana 32: Merida leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Merida 75, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Merida 52, Tirana 32: Merida leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Merida 40, Tirana 27: Merida leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Merida and Tirana.

Your match

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

Merida
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Tirana
49match

Wins on nightlife 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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMeridaTirana
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaAlbanian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Lek (ALL)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m110 m
Main airportManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMeridaTirana
City population892,363389,323
People per km²1,0109,314
Museums within 10 km511
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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.