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Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Luang Prabang 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 Luang Prabang for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • 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. Luang Prabang 14, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Luang Prabang 42, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Luang Prabang 65, Montevideo 54: Luang Prabang leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Luang Prabang 8, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luang Prabang 68, Montevideo 34: Luang Prabang leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Luang Prabang 35, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Luang Prabang 38, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Luang Prabang 50, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Luang Prabang 38, Montevideo 36: Luang Prabang leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Luang Prabang 80, Montevideo 42: Luang Prabang leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luang Prabang 18, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luang Prabang 60, Montevideo 38: Luang Prabang leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luang Prabang and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Luang Prabang
43match

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

Montevideo
Best match
49match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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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Luang PrabangMontevideo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuang PrabangMontevideo
Official languageLao-
CurrencyLao Kip (LAK)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsABCEF230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 195, fire 190911
Elevation305 m41 m
Main airportLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 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

MeasureLuang PrabangMontevideo
City population53,7921,302,954
People per km²-1,785
Museums within 10 km036
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.