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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Acapulco or Montevideo?

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 Acapulco for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Montevideo’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. Acapulco 80, Montevideo 55: Acapulco leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Montevideo 50: Acapulco leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Montevideo 34: Acapulco leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Montevideo 36: Montevideo leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Montevideo 42: Acapulco leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Montevideo 38: Montevideo leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Acapulco
44match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Montevideo
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Montevideo in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
99 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoMontevideo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoMontevideo
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-3
Emergency number911911
Elevation18 m41 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoMontevideo
City population658,6091,302,954
People per km²3501,785
Museums within 10 km336
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.