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The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Macau 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 Macau for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Macau 24, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Macau 77, Montevideo 57: Macau leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Macau 62, Montevideo 54: Macau leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Macau 40, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Macau 5, Montevideo 34: Montevideo leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Macau 52, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Macau 48, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Macau 60, Montevideo 54: Macau leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Macau 58, Montevideo 36: Macau leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Macau 44, Montevideo 42: Macau leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Macau 36, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Macau 40, Montevideo 38: Macau leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Macau and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Macau
46match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Montevideo
Best match
49match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
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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MacauMontevideo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMacauMontevideo
Official languagePortuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese-
CurrencyPataca (MOP)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsFGM220 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-3
Emergency number999911
Elevation22 m41 m
Main airportMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 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

MeasureMacauMontevideo
City population682,1001,302,954
People per km²5,9161,785
Museums within 10 km2836
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months4 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.