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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
The beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier, Virginia Beach
Virginia BeachThe beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Virginia Beach by SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Montevideo or Virginia Beach?

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
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Virginia Beach for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Virginia Beach’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, Virginia Beach 77: Virginia Beach leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Virginia Beach 42: Montevideo leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Virginia Beach 30: Montevideo leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Virginia Beach 37: Montevideo leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Virginia Beach 56: Virginia Beach leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Virginia Beach 64: Virginia Beach leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Virginia Beach 75: Virginia Beach leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Virginia Beach 27: Montevideo leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Virginia Beach 32: Montevideo leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Virginia Beach 40: Montevideo leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Virginia Beach 38: Montevideo leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Virginia Beach 32: Montevideo leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Virginia Beach.

Your match

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

Montevideo
Best match
49match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Virginia Beach
46match

Wins on beaches 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

Virginia Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
152 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MontevideoVirginia Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Virginia Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Virginia Beach / Gatewood Park (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoVirginia Beach
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation41 m7 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsNorfolk International Airport (ORF)20 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoVirginia Beach
City population1,302,954459,470
People per km²1,785-
Museums within 10 km362
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months4 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.