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The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Manchester 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 Manchester for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping
  • nightlife

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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. Manchester 9, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Manchester 51, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Manchester 50, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Manchester 72, Montevideo 50: Manchester leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manchester 64, Montevideo 34: Manchester leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Manchester 77, Montevideo 55: Manchester leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Manchester 58, Montevideo 55: Manchester leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Manchester 68, Montevideo 54: Manchester leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Manchester 62, Montevideo 36: Manchester leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Manchester and Montevideo are level on 42.
Live music & performing arts. Manchester 74, Montevideo 57: Manchester leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manchester 15, Montevideo 38: Montevideo leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manchester and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Manchester
Best match
54match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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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ManchesterMontevideo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManchesterMontevideo
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
Elevation38 m41 m
Main airportManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 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

MeasureManchesterMontevideo
City population547,6271,302,954
People per km²4,7371,785
Museums within 10 km2836
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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). 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. 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.