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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • shopping

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

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. Brisbane and Montevideo are level on 55.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Montevideo 57: Brisbane leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Montevideo 50: Brisbane leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Montevideo 34: Brisbane leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Montevideo 55: Brisbane leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Montevideo 54: Brisbane leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Montevideo 36: Brisbane leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Montevideo 42: Montevideo leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Montevideo 38: Brisbane leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Brisbane
Best match
54match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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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BrisbaneMontevideo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneMontevideo
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC-3
Emergency number000911
Elevation0 m41 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 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

MeasureBrisbaneMontevideo
City population2,706,9661,302,954
People per km²1711,785
Museums within 10 km1636
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months4 months

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.