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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

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

Montevideo or Verona?

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

  • nightlife
  • beaches

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

Choose Verona for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Verona’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, Verona 44: Montevideo leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Verona 66: Verona leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Verona 76: Verona leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Verona 37: Montevideo leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Verona 65: Verona leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Verona 92: Verona leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Verona 66: Verona leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Verona 68: Verona leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Verona 52: Verona leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Verona 46: Verona leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Verona 66: Verona leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Verona 48: Verona leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Verona.

Your match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Verona
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips 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

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 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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MontevideoVerona

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoVerona
Official language-Italian
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation41 m59 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoVerona
City population1,302,954255,588
People per km²1,7851,285
Museums within 10 km3618
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
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.