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The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Merida or Wellington?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Wellington for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Merida leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Merida 72, Wellington 62: Merida leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Merida 64, Wellington 44: Merida leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Merida 42, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Merida 48, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Merida 80, Wellington 40: Merida leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Merida 50, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Merida 45, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Merida 50, Wellington 42: Merida leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Merida 75, Wellington 33: Merida leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Merida 52, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Merida 40, Wellington 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 Wellington.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMeridaWellington
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number911111
Elevation12 m0 m
Main airportManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMeridaWellington
City population892,363216,200
People per km²1,010487
Museums within 10 km512
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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.