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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
The Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule, Munich
MunichThe Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Munich by 0xd1ma, Pexels License.

Montevideo or Munich?

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 Montevideo for

  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Munich for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Munich’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. Montevideo 55, Munich 28: Montevideo leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Munich 62: Munich leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Munich 79: Munich leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Munich 56: Munich leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Munich 82: Munich leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Munich 86: Munich leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Munich 78: Munich leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Munich 86: Munich leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Munich 72: Munich leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Munich 32: Montevideo leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Munich 84: Munich leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Munich 62: Munich leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Munich.

Your match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Munich
Best match
67match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Munich in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Munich: 1991-2020 normals, München (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoMunich
Official language-German
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation41 m519 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsMunich Airport (MUC)29 km from centre210 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoMunich
City population1,302,9541,505,036
People per km²1,7854,844
Museums within 10 km3674
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under 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.