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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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. Fort Lauderdale 88, Montevideo 55: Fort Lauderdale leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Montevideo 50: Fort Lauderdale leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Montevideo 34: Fort Lauderdale leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Montevideo 55: Fort Lauderdale leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Montevideo 55: Fort Lauderdale leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Montevideo 36: Fort Lauderdale leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Montevideo 42: Montevideo leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 40, Montevideo 38: Fort Lauderdale leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Lauderdale 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

Fort Lauderdale
50match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Fort Lauderdale in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
166 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °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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Fort LauderdaleMontevideo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleMontevideo
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911911
Elevation11 m41 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleMontevideo
City population182,7601,302,954
People per km²1,8291,785
Museums within 10 km636
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. 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.