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The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Ljubljana 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 Ljubljana for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • 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. Ljubljana 22, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Ljubljana 55, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Ljubljana 55, Montevideo 54: Ljubljana leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Ljubljana 40, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ljubljana 80, Montevideo 34: Ljubljana leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Ljubljana 78, Montevideo 55: Ljubljana leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Ljubljana 54, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Ljubljana 74, Montevideo 54: Ljubljana leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Ljubljana 33, Montevideo 36: Montevideo leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Ljubljana 54, Montevideo 42: Ljubljana leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ljubljana 50, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ljubljana 42, Montevideo 38: Ljubljana leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ljubljana and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Ljubljana
Best match
53match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on beaches 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.

Ljubljana in July

28 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
121 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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LjubljanaMontevideo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLjubljanaMontevideo
Official languageSlovene-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112911
Elevation309 m41 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureLjubljanaMontevideo
City population284,2931,302,954
People per km²1,7361,785
Museums within 10 km1436
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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.