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Quick Facts

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Coordinates
  • Latitude: -34.894119
  • Longitude: -56.067451

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Introduction

Street in Montevideo

Street in Montevideo

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Montevideo, the capital and largest city of Uruguay, is set along the Rio de la Plata, across from Argentina. Thanks to its harbour, the city has one of the most important ports in the American continent.

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Neighbourhoods

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Sights and Activities

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Events and Festivals

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Weather

The summermonths of November to April are warm, sometimes hot, with temperatures around 28 to 30 degrees Celcius during the day on average and around 18 degrees at night. During the wintermonths of June to September temperatures average between 15 and 20 degrees during the day, dropping around or just below 10 degrees at night.
Rainfall is spread out throughout the year quite evenly, averaging around 80 mm a month. The autumn months of March and April are just a little wetter.

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Getting There

By Plane

Uruguay's primary airport is Montevideo Carrasco International Airport (website in Spanish) (MVD), which serves flights to and from North and Central America, the rest of South America, and Spain.

PLUNA Airlines (website in Spanish) is the national airline, and operates flights to Asuncion, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Córdoba, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Foz do Iguacu, Porto Alegre, Punta del Este, Bariloche, Rosario and Santiago de Chile.

Several other airlines have destinations throughout South America as well, and to cities like Miami, Panama City and Madrid.

By Train

By Car

By Bus

By Boat

Buquebus has connections to/from Buenos Aires.

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Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

By Foot

By Bike

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Eat

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Drink

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Sleep

Budget

PropertyAddressTypePopularity
Aramaya Hotel18 de Julio 1103Hotel62
Che Lagarto Hostel Montevideo UruguayCalle Plaza Independencia 713Hostel79
El Viajero-Ciudad Vieja HostelItuzaingo 1436Hostel85
Hispano HotelConvención 1317Hotel63
Hotel ArapeyAv. Uruguay 925Hotel64
Hotel de la TerminalGoes 2377 MontevideoHotel-
Hotel PalacioBartolomé Mitre 1364Hotel83
Montevideo HostelCanelones 935Hostel81
Palermo ArtHostelGaboto 1010Hostel84
Planet Montevideo HostelCanelones 1095 esq. ParaguayHostel85
Pocitos HostelAvenida Sarmiento 2641, esq. Fco. Aguilar PocitosHostel91
Posada al SurPerez castellano 1424Guesthouse90
Red Hostel MontevideoSan Jose 1406 (Corner Santiago de Chile)Hostel79
Una Noche Mas B & BPatria 712 app. 2 Punta CarretasGuesthouse95

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Work

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Keep Connected

Internet

Phone

See also: International Telephone Calls

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