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Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Kathmandu 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 Kathmandu for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • beaches
  • families
  • getting around

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. Kathmandu 4, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Kathmandu 55, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Kathmandu 82, Montevideo 54: Kathmandu leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Kathmandu 36, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kathmandu 70, Montevideo 34: Kathmandu leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Kathmandu 56, Montevideo 55: Kathmandu leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Kathmandu 20, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Kathmandu 25, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Kathmandu 55, Montevideo 36: Kathmandu leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Kathmandu 97, Montevideo 42: Kathmandu leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kathmandu 28, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kathmandu 45, Montevideo 38: Kathmandu leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kathmandu 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

Kathmandu
48match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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KathmanduMontevideo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKathmanduMontevideo
Official languageNepali-
CurrencyNepalese Rupee (NPR)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:45UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 100, ambulance 102, fire 101911
Elevation1,300 m41 m
Main airportTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-15 days

By the numbers

MeasureKathmanduMontevideo
City population845,7671,302,954
People per km²17,1211,785
Museums within 10 km936
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.