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The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Merida or Toronto?

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
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Toronto for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Merida leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Merida 72, Toronto 70: Merida leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Merida 64, Toronto 50: Merida leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Merida 42, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Merida 48, Toronto 52: Toronto leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Merida 80, Toronto 50: Merida leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Merida 50, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Merida 45, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Merida 50, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Merida 75, Toronto 34: Merida leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Merida 52, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Merida 40, Toronto 33: Merida leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Merida and Toronto.

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 prices and day trips with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

Wins on families and nightlife 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MeridaToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMeridaToronto
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench, English
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation12 m76 m
Main airportManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMeridaToronto
City population892,3632,794,356
People per km²1,0104,434
Museums within 10 km532
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months1 month

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.