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Punta del Este
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Punta del Este or Seattle?

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

  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Seattle for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Punta del Este leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Punta del Este 45, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Punta del Este 22, Seattle 50: Seattle leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Punta del Este 60, Seattle 55: Punta del Este leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Punta del Este 55, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Punta del Este 45, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Punta del Este 55, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Punta del Este 35, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Punta del Este 42, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Punta del Este 20, Seattle 22: Seattle leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Punta del Este 22, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Punta del Este 32, Seattle 40: Seattle leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Punta del Este and Seattle.

Your match

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

Punta del Este
42match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Seattle
Best match
54match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Punta del Este: 1991-2020 normals, Rocha (78.5 km from centre). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePunta del EsteSeattle
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation11 m40 m
Main airportCapitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport (PDP)18 km from centre6 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePunta del EsteSeattle
City population9,277737,015
People per km²4551,996
Museums within 10 km527
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 monthsNone

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.