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The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Merida or Zagreb?

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
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Merida leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Merida 72, Zagreb 55: Merida leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Merida 64, Zagreb 56: Merida leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Merida 42, Zagreb 47: Zagreb leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Merida 48, Zagreb 62: Zagreb leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Merida 80, Zagreb 60: Merida leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Merida 50, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Merida 45, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Merida 50, Zagreb 40: Merida leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Merida 75, Zagreb 60: Merida leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Merida and Zagreb are level on 52.
Wellness & relaxation. Merida 40, Zagreb 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 Zagreb.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

Wins on getting around 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

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 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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MeridaZagreb

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMeridaZagreb
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaCroatian
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 m127 m
Main airportManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMeridaZagreb
City population892,363767,131
People per km²1,010-
Museums within 10 km527
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. 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.