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La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Marseille 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 Marseille for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

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. Marseille 72, Montevideo 55: Marseille leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Marseille 67, Montevideo 57: Marseille leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Marseille 63, Montevideo 54: Marseille leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Marseille 57, Montevideo 50: Marseille leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marseille 83, Montevideo 34: Marseille leads by 49 points.
Day trips. Marseille 86, Montevideo 55: Marseille leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Marseille 50, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Marseille 57, Montevideo 54: Marseille leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Marseille 47, Montevideo 36: Marseille leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Marseille 45, Montevideo 42: Marseille leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marseille 56, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marseille 37, Montevideo 38: Montevideo leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marseille and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Marseille
Best match
60match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Montevideo
49match

Wins on families 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.

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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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MarseilleMontevideo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarseilleMontevideo
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m41 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 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

MeasureMarseilleMontevideo
City population886,0401,302,954
People per km²3,6831,785
Museums within 10 km2736
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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). 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. 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.