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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Montevideo or Seattle?

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
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Seattle for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Montevideo leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Seattle 50: Montevideo leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 53 points.
Day trips. Montevideo and Seattle are level on 55.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Seattle 22: Montevideo leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Seattle 40: Seattle leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Seattle.

Your match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Seattle
Best match
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MontevideoSeattle

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoSeattle
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation41 m40 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoSeattle
City population1,302,954737,015
People per km²1,7851,996
Museums within 10 km3627
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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.