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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Montevideo or Tampa?

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

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tampa for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo and Tampa are level on 57.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Tampa 42: Montevideo leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Tampa 55: Tampa leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Tampa 54: Montevideo leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Tampa 22: Montevideo leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Tampa 40: Montevideo leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Tampa 47: Montevideo leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Tampa 30: Montevideo leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Tampa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Montevideo
49match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

Wins on families 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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoTampa
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation41 m30 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoTampa
City population1,302,954384,959
People per km²1,785848
Museums within 10 km366
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. 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.