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Punta del Este
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

Photos: Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Punta del Este or Ubud?

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
  • beaches
  • getting around

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

Choose Ubud for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Ubud’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, Ubud 38: Punta del Este leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Punta del Este 45, Ubud 60: Ubud leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Punta del Este 22, Ubud 58: Ubud leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Punta del Este 60, Ubud 15: Punta del Este leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Punta del Este 55, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Punta del Este 45, Ubud 72: Ubud leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Punta del Este 55, Ubud 48: Punta del Este leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Punta del Este 35, Ubud 10: Punta del Este leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Punta del Este 42, Ubud 52: Ubud leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Punta del Este 20, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Punta del Este 22, Ubud 47: Ubud leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Punta del Este 32, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 64 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Punta del Este and Ubud.

Your match

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

Punta del Este
42match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Ubud
Best match
55match

Wins on wellness and prices 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

Ubud in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
110 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Punta del EsteUbud

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.

Ubud's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai.

Ubud's station stands 209 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Ubud 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). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePunta del EsteUbud
Official language-Indonesian
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+8
Emergency number911112
Elevation11 m210 m
Main airportCapitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport (PDP)18 km from centre6 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasurePunta del EsteUbud
City population9,277-
People per km²455-
Museums within 10 km514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.