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The lighthouse and the peninsula in evening light, Punta del Este
Punta del EsteThe lighthouse and the peninsula in evening light
The boardwalk at Delaware Avenue, Rehoboth Beach
Rehoboth BeachThe boardwalk at Delaware Avenue

Photos: Punta del Este by Marcelo Campi, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Rehoboth Beach by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Punta del Este or Rehoboth 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 Punta del Este for

  • nightlife
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Punta del Este’s own page.

Choose Rehoboth Beach for

  • families
  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Rehoboth 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. Punta del Este 72, Rehoboth Beach 70: Punta del Este leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Punta del Este 45, Rehoboth Beach 44: Punta del Este leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Punta del Este 22, Rehoboth Beach 14: Punta del Este leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Punta del Este 60, Rehoboth Beach 40: Punta del Este leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Punta del Este 55, Rehoboth Beach 50: Punta del Este leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Punta del Este 45, Rehoboth Beach 50: Rehoboth Beach leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Punta del Este 55, Rehoboth Beach 70: Rehoboth Beach leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Punta del Este 35, Rehoboth Beach 50: Rehoboth Beach leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Punta del Este 42, Rehoboth Beach 45: Rehoboth Beach leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Punta del Este 20, Rehoboth Beach 32: Rehoboth Beach leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Punta del Este 22, Rehoboth Beach 28: Rehoboth Beach leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Punta del Este and Rehoboth Beach are level on 32.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Punta del Este and Rehoboth Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Punta del Este
42match

Wins on nightlife and culture and sights with your weighting.

Rehoboth Beach
44match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Punta del Este in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Rehoboth Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Punta del Este's temperatures are measured 79 km from the centre, at Rocha.

Punta del Este has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Rehoboth Beach has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Punta del Este: 1991-2020 normals, Rocha (78.5 km from centre). Rehoboth Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Georgetown / Rogers Development (24.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePunta del EsteRehoboth 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
Elevation11 m5 m
Main airportCapitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport (PDP)18 km from centre6 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)56 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePunta del EsteRehoboth Beach
City population9,2771,108
People per km²455258
Museums within 10 km52
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months3 months

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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.