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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Montevideo or Strasbourg?

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 Strasbourg for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Strasbourg’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, Strasbourg 10: Montevideo leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Strasbourg 40: Montevideo leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Strasbourg 62: Strasbourg leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Strasbourg 52: Strasbourg leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Strasbourg 44: Strasbourg leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Strasbourg 56: Montevideo leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Strasbourg 55: Strasbourg leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Strasbourg.

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.

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips 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

Strasbourg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MontevideoStrasbourg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoStrasbourg
Official language-French
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation41 m132 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoStrasbourg
City population1,302,954293,771
People per km²1,7853,752
Museums within 10 km3621
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.