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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Montpellier or Ushuaia?

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 Montpellier for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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. Montpellier 64, Ushuaia 3: Montpellier leads by 61 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Ushuaia 40: Montpellier leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Ushuaia 22: Montpellier leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Ushuaia 18: Montpellier leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Ushuaia 14: Montpellier leads by 71 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Ushuaia 40: Montpellier leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Ushuaia 45: Montpellier leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Ushuaia 22: Montpellier leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Ushuaia 42: Montpellier leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Ushuaia 10: Montpellier leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Ushuaia 26: Montpellier leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Montpellier
Best match
62match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on 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.

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MontpellierUshuaia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierUshuaia
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation7 m23 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierUshuaia
City population310,24082,615
People per km²5,4523,592
Museums within 10 km145
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.