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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Montevideo or Perth?

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
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Perth for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Perth 58: Perth leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Perth 42: Montevideo leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Perth 42: Montevideo leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Perth 72: Perth leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Perth 48: Montevideo leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Perth 74: Perth leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Perth 55: Perth leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Perth 44: Perth leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Perth 28: Montevideo leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Perth 50: Montevideo leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo and Perth are level on 38.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Perth.

Your match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MontevideoPerth

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoPerth
Official language-English
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+8
Emergency number911000
Elevation41 m2 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoPerth
City population1,302,9542,141,834
People per km²1,785334
Museums within 10 km3615
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.