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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Alicante 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 Alicante for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • 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. Alicante 82, Montevideo 55: Alicante leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Montevideo 57: Alicante leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Montevideo 50: Alicante leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Montevideo 34: Alicante leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Montevideo 55: Alicante leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Montevideo 55: Alicante leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Montevideo 54: Alicante leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Montevideo 36: Alicante leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Montevideo 42: Alicante leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Montevideo 38: Alicante leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Montevideo
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteMontevideo
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m41 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteMontevideo
City population366,2211,302,954
People per km²1,8191,785
Museums within 10 km836
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.