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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

London 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 London for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • beaches
  • prices

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. London 25, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Montevideo 57: London leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Montevideo 54: London leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Montevideo 50: London leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Montevideo 34: London leads by 23 points.
Day trips. London 90, Montevideo 55: London leads by 35 points.
Good for families. London 82, Montevideo 55: London leads by 27 points.
Getting around. London 85, Montevideo 54: London leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Montevideo 36: London leads by 59 points.
Affordability. London 15, Montevideo 42: Montevideo leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Montevideo 57: London leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, Montevideo 38: London leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Montevideo.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts 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.

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonMontevideo
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112 or 999911
Elevation4 m41 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonMontevideo
City population8,799,7281,302,954
People per km²5,5981,785
Museums within 10 km21636
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
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). 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.