According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Uruguay is March to April and October to November. Plan 5–7 days.
Best months for Uruguay
- Best months
- March to April and October to November
- How long to stay
- 5–7 days
- Continent
- South America
What Uruguay is best for
Historic Colonia del Sacramento, scenic coastal drives, and Atlantic beach resorts like Punta del Este.
- Prices
- €€ · about the same as in Slovakia
Weather in Uruguay by month
Monthly averages around Montevideo; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 23 °C | some rain (99 mm) |
| February | about 23 °C | a lot of rain (111 mm) |
| March best | about 21 °C | a lot of rain (114 mm) |
| April best | about 18 °C | a lot of rain (114 mm) |
| May | about 15 °C | some rain (81 mm) |
| June | about 12 °C | some rain (96 mm) |
| July | about 10 °C | some rain (90 mm) |
| August | about 12 °C | some rain (87 mm) |
| September | about 13 °C | some rain (96 mm) |
| October best | about 16 °C | some rain (99 mm) |
| November best | about 19 °C | some rain (96 mm) |
| December | about 21 °C | some rain (84 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Uruguay
- Capital
- Montevideo
- Language
- Spanish
- Currency
- Uruguayan Peso (UYU)
- Time
- UTC−3
- Plugs
- Type C, F, I, L · 230 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +598
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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