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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Montevideo or Quebec City?

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
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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, Quebec City 18: Montevideo leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo and Quebec City are level on 57.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Quebec City 42: Montevideo leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Quebec City 58: Quebec City leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Quebec City 50: Montevideo leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Quebec City 52: Montevideo leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Quebec City
Best match
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MontevideoQuebec City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoQuebec City
Official language-French, English
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation41 m98 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoQuebec City
City population1,302,954574,482
People per km²1,7851,184
Museums within 10 km3616
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.