Best time to visit Montevideo

Uruguay · Latin America

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Montevideo

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Go in Sep–May — these months score within a whisker of each other; 19C max, 7 rainy days. Aug is the next best.

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Things to do in Montevideo

Palacio Salvo Eastern side of Plaza Independencia.
The Rambla This waterside roadway has people biking, fishing, drinking mate…
Carrasco Reached by bus or taxi it is a beautiful neighborhood full of trees by the beach twenty…
Torre de las Telecomunicaciones 157 m high, this skyscraper is Uruguay's highest building.
Palacio Legislativo National parliament, the first one in South America and an iconic symbol of Uruguay's…
Plaza Independencia The square at the end of 18 de Julio Ave.…
Teatro Solís The main theater of Montevideo…

Tours and tickets in Montevideo

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Montevideo), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.

Month by month

No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	26°	4d	71%	12.3h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Feb	26°	5d	73%	11.3h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Mar	24°	7d	73%	10.3h	sweet spot	24C max, 7 rainy days
Apr	21°	6d	76%	8.9h	sweet spot	21C max, 6 rainy days
May	17°	6d	78%	7.5h	sweet spot	17C max, 6 rainy days
Jun	15°	6d	80%	7.2h	good	15C max, 6 rainy days
Jul	14°	7d	81%	7.1h	ok	14C max, 7 rainy days
Aug	15°	6d	79%	7.8h	good	15C max, 6 rainy days
Sep	16°	6d	78%	8.8h	sweet spot	16C max, 6 rainy days
Oct	19°	7d	75%	10.2h	sweet spot	19C max, 7 rainy days
Nov	22°	6d	71%	11.3h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Dec	25°	5d	69%	12.2h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at the centre, 17 km from the airport (MVD): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest from November to February; quietest in September and October.

Then and now

Montevideo's November days now average 22.4°C, 1.8°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 8 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	25.2°	24.6°	23.0°	19.6°	16.4°	13.2°	12.7°	14.0°	15.0°	18.1°	20.5°	23.0°
2017–26	26.2°	25.9°	24.4°	21.3°	17.4°	14.6°	13.7°	14.9°	16.5°	19.1°	22.4°	24.7°
Change	+1.0°	+1.3°	+1.5°	+1.8°	+1.0°	+1.5°	+1.0°	+0.9°	+1.5°	+1.1°	+1.8°	+1.7°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

How far Montevideo is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Cost of living	moderate — prices run about 66% of the United States' (World Bank, 2025)
Currency	Uruguayan peso
Plugs	Type C and F and I and L, 230 V
Driving	On the right
Calling code	+598
Travel advice	No advice against travel — UK Foreign Office, updated 2025-12-10
Health	UK Foreign Office health advice

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), the UK Foreign Office (Open Government Licence) and the World Bank, refreshed 2026-10-08. The advisory is written for British travellers; entry rules depend on your passport.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — The currency is the Uruguayan peso (UYU), and some businesses also take US dollars and Argentine pesos. Cards cannot always be used outside the main towns, and ATMs do not always take foreign debit cards: use machines in banks or shopping centres rather than on the street. Banks open from 1pm to 5pm.
UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
Tipping — Not compulsory, but leaving about 10% is welcome and usual.

Getting around Montevideo

Carrasco International Airport (MVD) is 20 to 30 minutes from central Montevideo. COPSA, COT and CUTCSA buses run from the airport, and the airport's official taxis and shared shuttles, small buses that take you to where you are staying, can be booked by phone, WhatsApp or email. On city buses, pay 64 pesos in cash for a ride, or 52 pesos with an STM card (fares from 5 January 2026), which is free the first time at STM customer offices on showing your passport and lets you change lines within one or two hours.

Apps — Rides: Cabify, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp. Taxis are white and yellow and charge by the meter, in units called fichas, with higher fares from 10pm to 6am and on Sundays and holidays; only some take cards. Find one at a rank at shopping centres or the bus terminal, or order one by phone or in an app.

Buses are the only form of mass public transit available in town, so it's likely you'll use them at some point. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Montevideo, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Help

Emergency — 911 (any emergency).
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 8 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Montevideo in pictures

Bust of Florencio Sánchez, Montevideo 2017 004 — i

Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Bust of Florencio Sánchez, Montevideo 2017 002 — i

Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

JardinJapones Montevideo — i

Ezarate, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Atardecer en Pocitos, Montevideo, Uruguay — i

Intendencia de Montevideo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Montevideo is like

Montevideo is the capital city of Uruguay, on the east bank of the Rio de la Plata. Though sometimes overlooked beside nearby Buenos Aires, Montevideo is the cultural and political center of the country. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: The Independence square is a symbol of Montevideo and lined by several prominent landmarks. Plaza Independencia. The square at the end of 18 de Julio Ave., with the latter being the main commercial artery of the city. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: There are practically no old movie theaters left in Montevideo: they have been rebuilt into churches. However there are good movie theaters with the newest movies in the shopping malls. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: Montevideo is on the north bank of the Rio de la Plata. Carrasco International Airport (MVD IATA) (about 15 km east of the city center). More on Wikivoyage
Staying safe: Montevideo used to be safer before, however it is still a safe city compared to e.g. Brazilian cities. Pickpocketing occurs downtown so backpacks and handbags should preferably be worn so that you can see them. More on Wikivoyage
Staying healthy: The city has several public and private hospitals, with a cluster of them in the area around Tres Cruces bus terminal. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Montevideo, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

Around Montevideo

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Kind of place

Montevideo is in Uruguay, Latin America. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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