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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Montevideo or Vancouver?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Montevideo leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Vancouver 42: Montevideo leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Vancouver 42: Montevideo leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 63 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Vancouver 45: Montevideo leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Vancouver 27: Montevideo leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Vancouver 52: Montevideo leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Vancouver.

Your match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoVancouver
Official language-French, English
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation41 m2 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoVancouver
City population1,302,954662,248
People per km²1,7855,759
Museums within 10 km3626
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. 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.