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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

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

Montevideo or Ubud?

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
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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

Choose Ubud for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Ubud’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, Ubud 38: Montevideo leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Ubud 60: Ubud leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Ubud 58: Ubud leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Ubud 15: Montevideo leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Ubud 72: Ubud leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Ubud 48: Montevideo leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Ubud 10: Montevideo leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Ubud 52: Ubud leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Ubud 47: Montevideo leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 58 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Ubud.

Your match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Ubud
Best match
55match

Wins on wellness 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

Ubud in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
110 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Ubud's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai.

Ubud's station stands 209 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Ubud has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoUbud
Official language-Indonesian
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+8
Emergency number911112
Elevation41 m210 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoUbud
City population1,302,954-
People per km²1,785-
Museums within 10 km3614
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 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.