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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Montevideo or Thessaloniki?

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

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Thessaloniki’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 and Thessaloniki are level on 55.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Thessaloniki 50: Montevideo leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Thessaloniki 60: Thessaloniki leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Thessaloniki 52: Montevideo leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Thessaloniki 33: Montevideo leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Thessaloniki.

Your match

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

Montevideo
49match

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

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and nightlife 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

Thessaloniki in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MontevideoThessaloniki

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoThessaloniki
Official language-Greek
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 m6 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoThessaloniki
City population1,302,954309,617
People per km²1,78516,042
Museums within 10 km3632
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months5 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.