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Montevideo, Uruguay

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Montevideo for remote work

UTC−3 America/Montevideo · UTC−3 all year

Photo: Marcelo Campi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

US Eastern team 6–7 h shared 9–5 · their day is 11:00–19:00 here
US Pacific team 3–4 h shared 9–5 · their day is 14:00–22:00 here
UK team 4–5 h shared 9–5 · their day is 06:00–14:00 here
Central Europe team 3–4 h shared 9–5 · their day is 05:00–13:00 here
Price level 72 High: household prices Uruguay-wide vs US = 100 (2025)
Comfortable months 10 / 12 August–May

Your team's working day, on Montevideo's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Montevideo; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 11:00–19:00
6 h
US Pacific 14:00–22:00
3 h
UK 06:00–14:00
5 h
Central Europe 05:00–13:00
4 h

Uruguay does not change its clocks, so every shift in shared hours comes from your employer's side.

Shared hours through the year

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

MonthUS EasternUS PacificUKCentral Europe
Jan6 h awake 8 h3 h awake 8 h5 h awake 7 h4 h awake 6 h
Feb6 h awake 8 h3 h awake 8 h5 h awake 7 h4 h awake 6 h
Mar6–7 h awake 8 h3–4 h awake 8 h4–5 h awake 6–7 h3–4 h awake 5–6 h
Apr7 h awake 8 h4 h awake 8 h4 h awake 6 h3 h awake 5 h
May7 h awake 8 h4 h awake 8 h4 h awake 6 h3 h awake 5 h
Jun7 h awake 8 h4 h awake 8 h4 h awake 6 h3 h awake 5 h
Jul7 h awake 8 h4 h awake 8 h4 h awake 6 h3 h awake 5 h
Aug7 h awake 8 h4 h awake 8 h4 h awake 6 h3 h awake 5 h
Sep7 h awake 8 h4 h awake 8 h4 h awake 6 h3 h awake 5 h
Oct7 h awake 8 h4 h awake 8 h4–5 h awake 6–7 h3–4 h awake 5–6 h
Nov6 h awake 8 h3 h awake 8 h5 h awake 7 h4 h awake 6 h
Dec6 h awake 8 h3 h awake 8 h5 h awake 7 h4 h awake 6 h

Weather for working, month by month

January: Great (8.4), high 28°C28°JanFebruary: Great (9.1), high 27°C27°FebMarch: Great (9.1), high 25°C25°MarApril: Great (9.7), high 22°C22°AprMay: Great (8.4), high 18°C18°MayJune: Fair (6.3), high 15°C15°JunJuly: Fair (5.2), high 14°C14°JulAugust: Good (6.6), high 16°C16°AugSeptember: Great (8.1), high 18°C18°SepOctober: Great (9.3), high 21°C21°OctNovember: Great (9.6), high 24°C24°NovDecember: Great (9.8), high 27°C27°Dec

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

MonthHighLowRainDew pointDaylightScore
Jan28°C18°C80 mm17°C sticky14.1 h8.4
Feb27°C18°C77 mm17°C sticky13.3 h9.1
Mar25°C16°C84 mm16°C sticky12.3 h9.1
Apr22°C13°C76 mm13°C comfortable11.1 h9.7
May18°C10°C79 mm11°C comfortable10.2 h8.4
Jun15°C7°C66 mm8°C dry9.7 h6.3
Jul14°C6°C77 mm7°C dry9.9 h5.2
Aug16°C7°C86 mm8°C dry10.7 h6.6
Sep18°C9°C82 mm9°C dry11.8 h8.1
Oct21°C11°C99 mm12°C comfortable12.9 h9.3
Nov24°C14°C85 mm14°C comfortable13.9 h9.6
Dec27°C16°C69 mm15°C comfortable14.3 h9.8

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Getting there and settling in

Population
1,302,954 (2023)
Elevation
41 m
Airports
Carrasco International Airport (MVD), 14 km
Time zone
America/Montevideo
Visas
Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Uruguay's official government or embassy website.
Read more
Montevideo on Wikipedia

Travel advice

US: Level 2 Exercise Increased Caution. State Department

UK FCDO No FCDO advice against travel. Updated 2026-10-07. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

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