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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Montevideo or Oaxaca?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Montevideo leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Oaxaca 40: Montevideo leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Oaxaca 65: Oaxaca leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Oaxaca 40: Montevideo leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Oaxaca 55: Oaxaca leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Oaxaca 38: Montevideo leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Oaxaca 50: Oaxaca leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Oaxaca.

Your match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Oaxaca
Best match
54match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MontevideoOaxaca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoOaxaca
Official language-Spanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-6
Emergency number911911
Elevation41 m1,555 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoOaxaca
City population1,302,954258,913
People per km²1,7853,028
Museums within 10 km3610
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.