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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Izmir 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 Izmir for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • 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. Izmir 62, Montevideo 55: Izmir leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Montevideo 57: Izmir leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Montevideo 54: Izmir leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Montevideo 50: Izmir leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Montevideo 34: Izmir leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Montevideo 55: Izmir leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Izmir and Montevideo are level on 55.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Montevideo 54: Izmir leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Montevideo 36: Izmir leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Montevideo 42: Izmir leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Montevideo 38: Izmir leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Montevideo
49match

Wins on live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
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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IzmirMontevideo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirMontevideo
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-3
Emergency number112911
Elevation2 m41 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 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

MeasureIzmirMontevideo
City population4,493,2421,302,954
People per km²4,7601,785
Museums within 10 km2936
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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.