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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License.

Montevideo or Philadelphia?

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
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Philadelphia for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Philadelphia’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, Philadelphia 36: Montevideo leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Philadelphia 62: Philadelphia leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Philadelphia 55: Philadelphia leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Philadelphia 52: Philadelphia leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Philadelphia 80: Philadelphia leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Philadelphia 68: Philadelphia leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Philadelphia 66: Philadelphia leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Philadelphia 57: Philadelphia leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Philadelphia 40: Montevideo leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Philadelphia 26: Montevideo leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Philadelphia.

Your match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Philadelphia
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips 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

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoPhiladelphia
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation41 m12 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoPhiladelphia
City population1,302,9541,603,797
People per km²1,7854,339
Museums within 10 km3654
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. 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.