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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

Montevideo or Seoul?

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

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

Choose Seoul for

  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Seoul’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, Seoul 18: Montevideo leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Seoul 77: Seoul leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 49 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Seoul 50: Seoul leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Seoul 63: Seoul leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Seoul.

Your match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

Seoul
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and nature and the outdoors 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

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MontevideoSeoul

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoSeoul
Official language-Korean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Won (KRW)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+9
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation41 m38 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoSeoul
City population1,302,9549,668,465
People per km²1,78515,973
Museums within 10 km3681
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months2 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.