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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Montevideo or Valencia?

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

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

Choose Valencia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Valencia 60: Valencia leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Valencia 55: Montevideo leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Valencia 42: Valencia leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Valencia.

Your match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on live music and the arts with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoValencia
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation41 m15 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoValencia
City population1,302,954840,792
People per km²1,7856,242
Museums within 10 km3645
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.