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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Alta, Utah 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 Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Montevideo for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • 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. Alta, Utah 3, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Montevideo 34: Alta, Utah leads by 56 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Montevideo 36: Montevideo leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Montevideo 42: Montevideo leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 54 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Montevideo 38: Montevideo leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Montevideo
Best match
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahMontevideo
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911911
Elevation2,610 m41 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahMontevideo
City population2281,302,954
People per km²191,785
Museums within 10 km036
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.