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Montevideo

Uruguay
7.03of 10
⇄
Comparing with

Buenos Aires

Argentina
6.19partial score: 13 of 15
+ 3rd place
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Result
Montevideo wins 3 of 5

The biggest gap is in currency strength.

FinancialBuenos Aires+1.56.2 × 7.7
SafetyMontevideo+0.67.0 × 6.4
CurrencyMontevideo+5.88.0 × 2.3
QualityMontevideo+0.57.4 × 6.9
IntegrationBuenos Aires+0.87.2 × 8.0

Criterion by criterion

The 15 sub-criteria. The stronger bar belongs to the winner.
MontevideoBuenos Aires
Financial environmentweight 30%
9.0
Tax burden
9.0
3.0
Cost of living
—
7.0
Ease of doing business
5.0
6.0
Investment returns
—
Stability and safetyweight 25%
6.0
Entry and residence
6.0
10.0
Political and social stability
6.0
3.0
Personal and property safety
8.0
Currency strengthweight 20%
8.0
Currency stability
1.0
9.0
Strength against the dollar
1.0
7.0
Purchasing power
6.0
Quality of lifeweight 15%
7.0
Infrastructure and services
6.0
7.0
Culture and lifestyle
7.0
9.0
Environmental quality
9.0
Cultural integrationweight 10%
8.0
Language and communication
8.0
6.0
Communities and support networks
8.0

Your money in both places

1 person, including rent
Your monthly income US$ if you kept the same income (remote work or retirement)
Montevideo
your income
US$ 1,515
Buenos Aires
US$ 810
RentGroceriesTransportHealthUtilitiesLeisure
In Montevideo, shortUS$ 62a month
In Buenos Aires, left overUS$ 642a month

How much of your work each thing costs

In hours of work, with your income and 40 hours a week.

MontevideoBuenos Aires
0h20h40h60h80hRent83.5 × 70.1Groceries39.8 × 18.6Health11.5 × 7.9

Taxes

For an income of US$ 1,453 a month

Days of the year working for taxes

Montevideo
94 days
Buenos Aires
101 days
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Buenos Aires: no sourced tax on purchases

Both take about the same share of your income in taxes.

What the State costs you

MontevideoBuenos Aires
Income tax and social security17%28%
Tax on purchases9%—
Paid twice (health insurance)7%5%
Total cost of the State32%32%

Paid twice: the health insurance you pay on top of taxes. Tax on purchases: the consumption tax rate applied to groceries, transport, utilities and leisure in the cost-of-living basket. Computed without deductions, with each place's official table and the Central Bank of Brazil exchange rate. In Rikezas it uses your real spending.

Sources: calculatam.com (pesquisa conferida) ↗ · bps.gub.uy (pesquisa conferida) ↗ · impo.com.uy (pesquisa conferida) ↗ · asesp.com.uy (pesquisa conferida) ↗ · arca.gob.ar (pesquisa conferida) ↗ · argentina.gob.ar (pesquisa conferida) ↗ · yo-facturo.com (pesquisa conferida) ↗ · prepagaya.com.ar (pesquisa conferida) ↗

Everyday life

What matters day to day
Language
MontevideoSpanish
Buenos AiresSpanish
Currency
MontevideoUYU
Buenos AiresARS
Time zone
MontevideoUTC-3
Buenos AiresUTC-3
Population
Montevideo1,302,721 (2023)
Buenos Aires3,121,707 (2022)

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