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The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Calgary 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 Calgary for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • shopping

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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. Calgary 8, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Calgary 45, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Calgary 35, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Calgary 40, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Calgary 88, Montevideo 34: Calgary leads by 54 points.
Day trips. Calgary and Montevideo are level on 55.
Good for families. Calgary 68, Montevideo 55: Calgary leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Calgary 42, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Calgary 42, Montevideo 36: Calgary leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Calgary and Montevideo are level on 42.
Live music & performing arts. Calgary 46, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Calgary 42, Montevideo 38: Calgary leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Calgary and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Calgary
46match

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

Montevideo
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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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CalgaryMontevideo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCalgaryMontevideo
Official languageFrench, English-
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,045 m41 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureCalgaryMontevideo
City population1,306,7841,302,954
People per km²1,5831,785
Museums within 10 km1336
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). 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. 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.

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.