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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
The Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky, Xi'an
Xi'anThe Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Xi'an by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Montevideo or Xi'an?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Xi'an for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Xi'an’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, Xi'an 4: Montevideo leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Xi'an 70: Xi'an leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Xi'an 81: Xi'an leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Xi'an 42: Montevideo leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Xi'an 62: Xi'an leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Xi'an 48: Montevideo leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Xi'an 66: Xi'an leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Xi'an 50: Xi'an leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Xi'an 40: Montevideo leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Xi'an 40: Xi'an leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Xi'an.

Your match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Xi'an
Best match
55match

Wins on prices 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

Xi'an in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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). Xi'an: 1991-2020 normals, Xi'An (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoXi'an
Official language-Putonghua
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+8
Emergency number911Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation41 m405 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsXi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY)26 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoXi'an
City population1,302,95412,952,907
People per km²1,7851,283
Museums within 10 km369
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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. 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.