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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Montevideo or Salvador?

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

  • families
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Salvador for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Salvador 66: Salvador leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Salvador 52: Salvador leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Salvador 56: Salvador leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Salvador 42: Montevideo leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Salvador 42: Montevideo leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Salvador 32: Montevideo leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Salvador.

Your match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

Salvador
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MontevideoSalvador

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoSalvador
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-3
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation41 m8 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoSalvador
City population1,302,9542,417,678
People per km²1,7853,489
Museums within 10 km3649
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.