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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Montevideo or Toulouse?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Montevideo leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Toulouse 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 Toulouse.

Your match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Toulouse
Best match
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips 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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MontevideoToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoToulouse
Official language-French
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation41 m115 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoToulouse
City population1,302,954514,819
People per km²1,7854,352
Museums within 10 km3624
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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.