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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cairo 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 Cairo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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. Cairo 10, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Montevideo 57: Cairo leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Montevideo 54: Cairo leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Montevideo 34: Montevideo leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Montevideo 55: Cairo leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Montevideo 36: Cairo leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Montevideo 42: Cairo leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Montevideo 38: Montevideo leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Cairo
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Montevideo
49match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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CairoMontevideo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoMontevideo
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation23 m41 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoMontevideo
City population9,801,5361,302,954
People per km²18,5641,785
Museums within 10 km4836
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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). 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.