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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hamburg 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 Hamburg for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Hamburg 28, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, Montevideo 54: Hamburg leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, Montevideo 50: Hamburg leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg 52, Montevideo 34: Hamburg leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Hamburg 70, Montevideo 55: Hamburg leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, Montevideo 55: Hamburg leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, Montevideo 54: Hamburg leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, Montevideo 36: Hamburg leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, Montevideo 42: Montevideo leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg 80, Montevideo 57: Hamburg leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg 44, Montevideo 38: Hamburg leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hamburg and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Hamburg
Best match
60match

Wins on shopping and nightlife with your weighting.

Montevideo
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 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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HamburgMontevideo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgMontevideo
Official languageGerman-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m41 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureHamburgMontevideo
City population1,869,4731,302,954
People per km²2,4761,785
Museums within 10 km7736
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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). 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. 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.