Montevideo Climate Transition Score
Uruguay · South America · Climate Transition score
This page ranks Montevideo's own 50 year weather trend against every other live world capital, using the same full-record regression already shown on its Meteo Future Trends page. For where that trend has already gone, see the Climate Capitals trend history, or for current and historical day-to-day weather, see Meteo Capital Cities.See the full ranking of all live world capitals on the interactive map.
Score based on complete years through 1999.
Frequently asked questions about Montevideo's Climate Transition score
How fast is Montevideo's climate changing compared to other capitals?
Montevideo ranks 234 of 245 world capitals for how fast its climate is shifting. That places the city in the slowest-changing third, which does not mean nothing is changing here, only that it is moving more slowly than elsewhere. The ranking measures pace of change, not how hot or how pleasant a city is.
What is changing fastest in Montevideo?
The fastest-shifting variable in Montevideo is precipitation, at -42 mm/decade. That is the change per decade, fitted as a linear trend across 1976 to 1999, so over 24 years of measured data rather than two isolated years.
How much is Montevideo warming per decade?
Montevideo is warming at +0.11°C/decade across 1976 to 1999. Over thirty years that works out at roughly 0.3°C. The trend accounts for 4% of the variation between years; the rest is ordinary year-to-year swing.
Is Montevideo getting more extreme heat days?
Days above 30°C are decreasing by -0.5 days/decade in Montevideo. On this trend that is roughly 2 days gained or lost every thirty years.
Is Montevideo losing its winter?
Frost days are declining by +0.0 days/decade in Montevideo. Frost days are often the fastest-shifting variable in this dataset: cold extremes tend to warm faster than hot ones, which bears directly on anything sized for a cold season.
What does Montevideo's Climate Transition score actually mean?
The score folds six variables (temperature, tropical days, frost days, precipitation, sunshine hours and wind speed) into one number, converting each into a percentile against every other ranked capital. Montevideo scores 14.0. A low score does not mean nothing is changing, only that other capitals are shifting faster, and the score says nothing about how liveable or how warm a city is.
