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The Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla, AlUla
AlUlaThe Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: AlUla by Richard.hargas, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

AlUla 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 AlUla for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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. AlUla 3, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. AlUla 28, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. AlUla 70, Montevideo 54: AlUla leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. AlUla 5, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. AlUla 72, Montevideo 34: AlUla leads by 38 points.
Day trips. AlUla 20, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 35 points.
Good for families. AlUla 35, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 20 points.
Getting around. AlUla 15, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. AlUla 15, Montevideo 36: Montevideo leads by 21 points.
Affordability. AlUla 18, Montevideo 42: Montevideo leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. AlUla 28, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. AlUla 45, Montevideo 38: AlUla leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: AlUla and Montevideo.

Your match

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

AlUla
30match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights with your weighting.

Montevideo
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

AlUla in July

43 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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

AlUla has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. AlUla: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Alula / Al ‘Ulá (23.7 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlUlaMontevideo
Official languageArabic-
CurrencySaudi Riyal (SAR)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsG60 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-3
Emergency number112 or 911911
Elevation692 m41 m
Main airportAl-Ula International Airport (ULH)24 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlUlaMontevideo
City population32,4131,302,954
People per km²-1,785
Museums within 10 km236
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.