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The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Mombasa 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 Mombasa for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • day trips

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. Mombasa 82, Montevideo 55: Mombasa leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Mombasa 60, Montevideo 57: Mombasa leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Mombasa 55, Montevideo 54: Mombasa leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Mombasa 46, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mombasa 74, Montevideo 34: Mombasa leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Mombasa 45, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Mombasa 45, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Mombasa 30, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Mombasa 35, Montevideo 36: Montevideo leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Mombasa 70, Montevideo 42: Mombasa leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mombasa 22, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mombasa 40, Montevideo 38: Mombasa leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mombasa and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Mombasa
50match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 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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Where the figures come from

Mombasa has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMombasaMontevideo
Official languageEnglish, Swahili-
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999911
Elevation50 m41 m
Main airportMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureMombasaMontevideo
City population1,208,3331,302,954
People per km²4,1001,785
Museums within 10 km036
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.