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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

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

Montevideo or Victoria?

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
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Victoria for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Montevideo leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Victoria 50: Montevideo leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Victoria 42: Montevideo leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Victoria 30: Montevideo leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Victoria 54: Montevideo leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Victoria 34: Montevideo leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Victoria 40: Montevideo leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Victoria 48: Victoria leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Victoria.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Montevideo
49match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoVictoria
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 m23 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoVictoria
City population1,302,95491,867
People per km²1,7854,711
Museums within 10 km366
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.