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Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Maastricht 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 Maastricht for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping
  • day trips

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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. Maastricht 8, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Maastricht 58, Montevideo 57: Maastricht leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Maastricht 60, Montevideo 54: Maastricht leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Maastricht 42, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Maastricht 58, Montevideo 34: Maastricht leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Maastricht 77, Montevideo 55: Maastricht leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Maastricht and Montevideo are level on 55.
Getting around. Maastricht 74, Montevideo 54: Maastricht leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Maastricht 60, Montevideo 36: Maastricht leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Maastricht 38, Montevideo 42: Montevideo leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Maastricht 40, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Maastricht 52, Montevideo 38: Maastricht leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Maastricht and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Maastricht
Best match
52match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on beaches and 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.

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 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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MaastrichtMontevideo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMaastrichtMontevideo
Official languageDutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112911
Elevation49 m41 m
Main airportMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureMaastrichtMontevideo
City population120,2271,302,954
People per km²2,0001,785
Museums within 10 km2136
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
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.