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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Montevideo or Tallinn?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Montevideo leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Tallinn 52: Montevideo leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Tallinn 44: Montevideo leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Tallinn 55: Tallinn leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Tallinn 58: Tallinn leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Tallinn 40: Tallinn leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Tallinn 50: Montevideo leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Tallinn.

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.

Tallinn
Best match
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MontevideoTallinn

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoTallinn
Official language-Estonian
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation41 m28 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoTallinn
City population1,302,954457,572
People per km²1,7852,871
Museums within 10 km3616
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

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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.