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Montevideo

Travel Guide South America Uruguay Montevideo

Introduction

Street in Montevideo

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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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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg Max	28.4 °C	27.5 °C	25.5 °C	22 °C	18.6 °C	15.1 °C	15 °C	16.2 °C	18 °C	20.5 °C	23.7 °C	26.5 °C
Avg Min	18 °C	17.9 °C	16.2 °C	12.9 °C	10.2 °C	7.7 °C	7.2 °C	7.8 °C	9.1 °C	11.5 °C	14.2 °C	16.3 °C
Rainfall	86.8 mm	101.5 mm	104.6 mm	85.5 mm	89 mm	83.1 mm	86.4 mm	88.2 mm	93.9 mm	108.5 mm	89.3 mm	84.4 mm
Rain Days	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	8	8	10	9	8

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Getting There

By Plane

Uruguay's primary airport is Montevideo-Carrasco International Airport (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 Bus

There are regular bus connections to all major cities and towns in Uruguay, including to Punta del Este and Colonia del Sacramento, the two popular coastal cities.

By Boat

Buquebus has connections to/from Buenos Aires.

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Sleep

Budget

Property	Address	Type	Popularity
Aramaya Hotel	18 de Julio 1103	Hotel	73
Che Lagarto Hostel Montevideo	Calle Plaza Independencia 713	HOSTEL	78
El Viajero-Ciudad Vieja Hostel	Ituzaingo 1436	Hostel	84
Hispano Hotel	Convención 1317	Hotel	83
Hotel Arapey	Av. Uruguay 925	Hotel	73
Hotel Palacio	Bartolomé Mitre 1364	Hotel	86
Montevideo Hostel	Canelones 935	Hostel	83
Palermo ArtHostel	Gaboto 1010	Hostel	82
Planet Montevideo Hostel	Canelones 1095 esq. Paraguay	Hostel	82
Pocitos Hostel	Avenida Sarmiento 2641, esq. Fco. Aguilar Pocitos	Hostel	87
Posada al Sur	Perez castellano 1424	Guesthouse	88
Red Hostel Montevideo	San Jose 1406 (Corner Santiago de Chile)	Hostel	81
Una Noche Mas B & B	Patria 712 app. 2 Punta Carretas	GUESTHOUSE	87
Unplugged Hostel Pocitos	Luis de la Torre 930	Hostel	86
Punto Berro Hostel	Pedro Francisco Berro 1320	Hostel	83
Iberia	Maldonado 1097	Hotel	88
Boulevard Sarandi Hostel	Sarandí 405 esq Zabala	Hostel	81
El Viajero - Downtown Hostel & Suites	Direccion Soriano 1073	HOSTEL	84
Splendido Hotel	Bartolome Mitre 1314	HOTEL	83
Punta Trouville Apart	Francisco Vidal 726	Apartment	-
La Puerta Negra	Callle Durazno 1525	Hostel	-
Punta Trouville Suites	Juan María Pérez 2957	Apartment	-
Piedras de Afilar Art Hostel Montevideo	1261 Andes st. Between Soriano st. and San Jose st.	Hostel	79
Arriba Hostel	Roque Graseras 739	Hostel	83
LaPerez	Perez Castellano 1381	GUESTHOUSE	-
Unplugged Hostel Suites Centro	Colonia 2063	Hostel	-
Hostel Portones de Carrasco	Pedro Murillo 5826	HOSTEL	83
Montevideo Up	Riachuelo 175	HOSTEL	84
Our House B&B	Stella Maris M.336 S.2 Parque de Solymar Ciudad de la Costa	Guesthouse	-
Atlas Hostel Montevideo	Constituyente 1674	Hostel	83
Willy Fogg Hostel	C/ Maldonado 977	HOSTEL	80
Escuela de Rock	21 de Setiembre 2627	HOSTEL	83
Montevideo Port Hostel	Bartolome Mitre 1535	HOSTEL	82
Buen Camino	Dr. Joaquin Requena 1518	HOSTEL	83
Dolce Vita Hostel	Soriano 1536 esq. Salto	HOSTEL	87
Destino 26	26 de Marzo 1125	HOSTEL	86
Puerto Verde Hostel	Jose M. Montero 2948 Punta Carretas	HOSTEL	-
Los Jardines Colgantes de Babilonia Hostel	Sarandi 310 - Ciudad Vieja	HOSTEL	87
Ibirapita Montevideo	Doctor Salvador Ferrear Serra 2265	HOSTEL	80
Ukelele Hostel	Maldonado 1183	HOSTEL	88
Live MVD Hostel	Maldonado 1790 Esquina Yaro	HOSTEL	86
Mvd Colonial	Salto 1282 Montevideo, CP.11200	Hostel	-
Impecable Five Senses Hostel	Andes 1294 San José corner	Hostel	85
Impecable Hostel	Andes 1294 Montevideo	HOSTEL	-
UYHome Bed & Breakfast	Blanes Viale 6337 Carrasco	GUESTHOUSE	-