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The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Merida or Toledo?

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
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Toledo for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’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, Toledo 5: Merida leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Merida 72, Toledo 40: Merida leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Merida 64, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Merida 42, Toledo 22: Merida leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Merida 48, Toledo 40: Merida leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Merida 80, Toledo 78: Merida leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Merida 50, Toledo 45: Merida leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Merida 45, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Merida 50, Toledo 32: Merida leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Merida 75, Toledo 58: Merida leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Merida 52, Toledo 22: Merida leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Merida 40, Toledo 30: Merida leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Merida and Toledo.

Your match

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

Merida
Best match
56match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Toledo
43match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMeridaToledo
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaSpanish
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 m523 m
Main airportManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMeridaToledo
City population892,36387,216
People per km²1,010376
Museums within 10 km513
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.