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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Montevideo or Tirana?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tirana for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Montevideo leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo and Tirana are level on 57.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Tirana 42: Montevideo leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Tirana 58: Tirana leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Tirana 62: Tirana leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Tirana 64: Tirana leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Tirana 40: Montevideo leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Montevideo and Tirana are level on 54.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Tirana 32: Montevideo leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Tirana 32: Montevideo leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Tirana 27: Montevideo leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Tirana.

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 live music and the arts and families with your weighting.

Tirana
49match

Wins on prices 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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MontevideoTirana

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoTirana
Official language-Albanian
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Lek (ALL)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation41 m110 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoTirana
City population1,302,954389,323
People per km²1,7859,314
Museums within 10 km3611
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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.