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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Faro 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 Faro for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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. Faro 74, Montevideo 55: Faro leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Montevideo 34: Faro leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Montevideo 55: Faro leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Montevideo 55: Faro leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Montevideo 54: Faro leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Montevideo 36: Montevideo leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Montevideo 42: Faro leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 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: Faro and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Faro
49match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Faro in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroMontevideo
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m41 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 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

MeasureFaroMontevideo
City population64,5601,302,954
People per km²3191,785
Museums within 10 km236
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.