Montevideo

Go, but pay attention.

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Montevideo at 43/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Uruguay's national picture overall (75/100 vs 81/100).

Verified Jul 12, 2026Confidence high
75Sketch Score

City page · part of Uruguay

The one number a country page can't give you

What people who actually live in Montevideo report

Numbeo aggregates thousands of resident-submitted perception surveys into a per-city Crime Index (higher = worse) and its inverse, a Safety Index — the only real city-granularity crime signal feeding this page, alongside Uruguay's national advisory, political, health, and police-trust data.

Crime Index

56.8

Safety Index

43.2

Source: Numbeo, user-submitted →

Sub-scores

Same real inputs as Uruguay's national page, with crime swapped for Montevideo's own Numbeo number above.

89advisoryConsensus
83Political Stability
69Police Trust
76Health
43Crime
90LGBTQ+

Legal status (national law)

Legal since 1934+ UN decl. sign.

Source: Wikipedia — LGBTQ rights by country →

Pack this, know this

The little things that trip people up

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Plug & voltage

C / F / I / L · 230V

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Driving side

right

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Emergency

police: 911 / ambulance: 911 / fire: 911

How this compares to Uruguay

Numbeo's Safety Index puts Montevideo at 43/100 for crime — that makes it read sketchier than Uruguay's national picture overall (75/100 vs 81/100).

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