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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Monaco 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 Monaco for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • prices
  • 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. Monaco 68, Montevideo 55: Monaco leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Monaco and Montevideo are level on 57.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Montevideo 54: Monaco leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Montevideo 34: Monaco leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Montevideo 55: Monaco leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Montevideo 55: Monaco leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Montevideo 54: Monaco leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Montevideo 36: Monaco leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Montevideo 42: Montevideo leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Montevideo 57: Monaco leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Montevideo 38: Monaco leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Monaco
Best match
58match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoMontevideo
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112911
Elevation68 m41 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoMontevideo
City population38,8571,302,954
People per km²18,5031,785
Museums within 10 km1436
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months4 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. 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.