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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cadiz 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 Cadiz for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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. Cadiz 80, Montevideo 55: Cadiz leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Montevideo 57: Cadiz leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Montevideo 54: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Montevideo 34: Cadiz leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Montevideo 55: Cadiz leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Montevideo 55: Cadiz leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Montevideo 54: Cadiz leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Montevideo 36: Montevideo leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Montevideo 42: Cadiz leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Montevideo 38: Cadiz leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
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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CadizMontevideo

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

Before you go

MeasureCadizMontevideo
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m41 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 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

MeasureCadizMontevideo
City population109,9501,302,954
People per km²9,0871,785
Museums within 10 km1136
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months4 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.