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Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Montreal 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 Montreal for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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. Montreal 25, Ushuaia 3: Montreal leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Montreal 78, Ushuaia 40: Montreal leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Montreal 60, Ushuaia 22: Montreal leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Montreal 75, Ushuaia 18: Montreal leads by 57 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montreal 66, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Montreal 55, Ushuaia 14: Montreal leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Montreal 68, Ushuaia 40: Montreal leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Montreal 72, Ushuaia 45: Montreal leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Montreal 60, Ushuaia 22: Montreal leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Montreal 45, Ushuaia 42: Montreal leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montreal 76, Ushuaia 10: Montreal leads by 66 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montreal 57, Ushuaia 26: Montreal leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montreal and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Montreal
Best match
61match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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.

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
8 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MontrealUshuaia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontrealUshuaia
Official languageFrench, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation31 m23 m
Main airportMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontrealUshuaia
City population1,895,21182,615
People per km²3,8063,592
Museums within 10 km375
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.