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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Montevideo or Oslo?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Oslo for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Oslo’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, Oslo 36: Montevideo leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Oslo 55: Montevideo leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Oslo 48: Montevideo leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Oslo 52: Montevideo leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Oslo 14: Montevideo leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Oslo.

Your match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

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

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 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). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoOslo
Official language-Norwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation41 m23 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoOslo
City population1,302,954717,710
People per km²1,785-
Museums within 10 km3660
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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. 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.