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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Montevideo or Taipei?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Taipei for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Taipei’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, Taipei 40: Montevideo leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Taipei 55: Montevideo leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Taipei.

Your match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

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

Taipei in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
288 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Taipei has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoTaipei
Official language-Taiwanese Sign Language, Amis, Taiwanese Hokkien, Rukai, Bunun, Kanakanavu, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Paiwan, Yami, Atayal, Saaroa, Kavalan, Tsou, Seediq, Puyuma, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Taiwanese Hakka, Truku, Matsu dialect, Kinmen dialect, Wuqiu dialect
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+8
Emergency number911110 or 112 or 119
Elevation41 m10 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoTaipei
City population1,302,9542,429,429
People per km²1,7858,938
Museums within 10 km3669
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months8 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. 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.