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Punta del Este
The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice
VeniceThe Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal

Photos: Venice by David Vives, Pexels License.

Punta del Este or Venice?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Venice for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Venice’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, Venice 56: Punta del Este leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Punta del Este 45, Venice 60: Venice leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Punta del Este 22, Venice 94: Venice leads by 72 points.
Nightlife. Punta del Este 60, Venice 27: Punta del Este leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Punta del Este 55, Venice 45: Punta del Este leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Punta del Este 45, Venice 86: Venice leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Punta del Este 55, Venice 45: Punta del Este leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Punta del Este 35, Venice 68: Venice leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Punta del Este 42, Venice 57: Venice leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Punta del Este and Venice are level on 20.
Live music & performing arts. Punta del Este 22, Venice 62: Venice leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Punta del Este 32, Venice 40: Venice 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 Venice.

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.

Venice
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips 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

Venice in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
61 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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.

Venice 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.

Venice's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Treviso / S. Angelo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Punta del Este: 1991-2020 normals, Rocha (78.5 km from centre). Venice: 1991-2020 normals, Venezia / Tessera (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePunta del EsteVenice
Official language-Italian
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation11 m2 m
Main airportCapitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport (PDP)18 km from centre6 non-stop destinationsVenice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)7 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePunta del EsteVenice
City population9,277250,369
People per km²455602
Museums within 10 km552
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months4 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.