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The skyline across the water with the Chugach Mountains behind, Anchorage
AnchorageThe skyline across the water with the Chugach Mountains behind
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Anchorage by Frank K., CC BY 2.0, cropped; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Anchorage 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 Anchorage for

  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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. Anchorage 8, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Anchorage 40, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Anchorage 35, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Anchorage 30, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Anchorage 93, Montevideo 34: Anchorage leads by 59 points.
Day trips. Anchorage 33, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Anchorage and Montevideo are level on 55.
Getting around. Anchorage 22, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Anchorage 28, Montevideo 36: Montevideo leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Anchorage 28, Montevideo 42: Montevideo leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Anchorage 34, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Anchorage 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: Anchorage and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Anchorage
37match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Montevideo
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Anchorage in July

20 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
18 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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AnchorageMontevideo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Anchorage: 1991-2020 normals, Anchorage Air Force Base (7 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnchorageMontevideo
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-9, UTC-8 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911911
Elevation31 m41 m
Main airportTed Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC)7 km from centre49 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

MeasureAnchorageMontevideo
City population291,2471,302,954
People per km²581,785
Museums within 10 km536
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.