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The Atomium, Brussels
BrusselsThe Atomium
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

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

Brussels 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 Brussels for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • 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. Brussels 18, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Brussels 72, Montevideo 57: Brussels leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Brussels 74, Montevideo 54: Brussels leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Brussels 60, Montevideo 50: Brussels leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brussels 45, Montevideo 34: Brussels leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Brussels 89, Montevideo 55: Brussels leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Brussels 60, Montevideo 55: Brussels leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Brussels 72, Montevideo 54: Brussels leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Brussels 62, Montevideo 36: Brussels leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Brussels 40, Montevideo 42: Montevideo leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brussels 68, Montevideo 57: Brussels leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brussels 33, Montevideo 38: Montevideo leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brussels and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Brussels
Best match
58match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

Montevideo
49match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Brussels in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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BrusselsMontevideo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brussels: 1991-2020 normals, Uccle (5.2 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrusselsMontevideo
Official languageFrench, German, Dutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112911
Elevation70 m41 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)11 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrusselsMontevideo
City population195,5461,302,954
People per km²5,9081,785
Museums within 10 km10636
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km101
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). 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. 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. 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.