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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Montevideo or Scottsdale?

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
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Scottsdale for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Montevideo leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Scottsdale 46: Montevideo leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Scottsdale 38: Montevideo leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Scottsdale 52: Scottsdale leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Scottsdale 68: Scottsdale leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Scottsdale 50: Montevideo leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Scottsdale 20: Montevideo leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Scottsdale 32: Montevideo leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Scottsdale 40: Montevideo leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Scottsdale.

Your match

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

Montevideo
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Scottsdale
46match

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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MontevideoScottsdale

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoScottsdale
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-7
Emergency number911911
Elevation41 m380 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoScottsdale
City population1,302,954241,361
People per km²1,785-
Museums within 10 km3610
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.