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The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Merida or Windhoek?

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

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Merida leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Merida 72, Windhoek 36: Merida leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Merida 64, Windhoek 30: Merida leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Merida 42, Windhoek 25: Merida leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Merida 48, Windhoek 52: Windhoek leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Merida 80, Windhoek 14: Merida leads by 66 points.
Good for families. Merida 50, Windhoek 30: Merida leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Merida 45, Windhoek 22: Merida leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Merida 50, Windhoek 30: Merida leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Merida 75, Windhoek 62: Merida leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Merida 52, Windhoek 18: Merida leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Merida 40, Windhoek 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 Windhoek.

Your match

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

Merida
Best match
56match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on 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

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MeridaWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMeridaWindhoek
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaEnglish
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+2
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m1,650 m
Main airportManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMeridaWindhoek
City population892,363486,169
People per km²1,01095
Museums within 10 km55
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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.