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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Geneva 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 Geneva for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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. Geneva 45, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Montevideo 54: Geneva leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Montevideo 34: Geneva leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Montevideo 55: Geneva leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Montevideo 55: Geneva leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Montevideo 54: Geneva leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Montevideo 36: Geneva leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Montevideo 42: Montevideo leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Montevideo 57: Geneva leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Montevideo 38: Geneva leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Montevideo
49match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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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GenevaMontevideo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaMontevideo
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, Romansh-
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112911
Elevation403 m41 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaMontevideo
City population211,1521,302,954
People per km²13,2801,785
Museums within 10 km3436
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.