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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Amsterdam 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 Amsterdam for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • beaches
  • prices

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. Amsterdam 25, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Montevideo 57: Amsterdam leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Montevideo 54: Amsterdam leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Montevideo 50: Amsterdam leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Montevideo 34: Amsterdam leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Montevideo 55: Amsterdam leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Montevideo 55: Amsterdam leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Montevideo 54: Amsterdam leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Montevideo 36: Amsterdam leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Montevideo 42: Montevideo leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Montevideo 57: Amsterdam leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Montevideo 38: Amsterdam leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Montevideo
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 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

Amsterdam 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.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamMontevideo
Official languageDutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112911
Elevation-2 m41 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamMontevideo
City population921,4681,302,954
People per km²4,2081,785
Museums within 10 km10136
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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.