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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
The coloured houses stepping down to the sea, Positano
PositanoThe coloured houses stepping down to the sea

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Positano by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Montevideo or Positano?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Positano for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Positano’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, Positano 77: Positano leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Positano 40: Montevideo leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Positano 22: Montevideo leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Positano 22: Montevideo leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Positano 80: Positano leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Positano 88: Positano leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Positano 28: Montevideo leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Positano 35: Montevideo leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Positano 45: Positano leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Positano 10: Montevideo leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Positano 15: Montevideo leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Positano 45: Positano leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Positano.

Your match

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

Montevideo
Best match
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Positano
42match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips 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

Positano in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Positano's temperatures are measured 25 km from the centre, at Capri.

Positano has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Positano's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Positano: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (25.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoPositano
Official language-Italian
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation41 m142 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)33 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoPositano
City population1,302,9543,729
People per km²1,785429
Museums within 10 km3610
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months5 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.