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Punta del Este
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Punta del Este or Warsaw?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Punta del Este leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Punta del Este 45, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Punta del Este 22, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Punta del Este 60, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Punta del Este 55, Warsaw 47: Punta del Este leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Punta del Este 45, Warsaw 52: Warsaw leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Punta del Este 55, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Punta del Este 35, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Punta del Este 42, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Punta del Este 20, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Punta del Este 22, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Punta del Este 32, Warsaw 35: Warsaw leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Punta del Este and Warsaw.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Warsaw
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePunta del EsteWarsaw
Official language-Polish
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation11 m118 m
Main airportCapitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport (PDP)18 km from centre6 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePunta del EsteWarsaw
City population9,2771,862,402
People per km²4553,601
Museums within 10 km5117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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. 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.