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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Montevideo or Tromso?

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
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Montevideo leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Tromso 36: Montevideo leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Tromso 27: Montevideo leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Tromso 38: Montevideo leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 58 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Tromso 14: Montevideo leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Tromso 45: Montevideo leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Tromso 15: Montevideo leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Tromso 11: Montevideo leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Tromso 32: Montevideo leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo and Tromso are level on 38.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Tromso.

Your match

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

Montevideo
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MontevideoTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoTromso
Official language-Norwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation41 m20 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoTromso
City population1,302,95479,943
People per km²1,78532
Museums within 10 km368
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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. 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.