Balbuena Wines – Wine tasting in Montevideo
Great little wine store is a mandatory stop for Uruguay wine tasting in Montevideo with a selection of 130+ Uruguayan wines.
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With daily averages of 60° F (15° C) during the day and rarely going below zero at night in the city, winter in Uruguay sounds wonderfully mild, right? So why am I f-f-f-freezing?
Over a decade living here tells me that this is down to visitors from the Northern Hemisphere looking at the temperatures for June to August (winter in the Southern Hemisphere) and not preparing for coastal Uruguay’s bone-penetrating humidity (read damp).
They see 15° C and think.. sandals!
Jules Verne was reporting on the wicked Pampero wind back in 1868. It’s a polar front from the South Atlantic which affects Argentina, Uruguay and Southern Brazil in the South’s winter months.
In Uruguay we mostly feel its effects on the temperature more than the wind itself. It feels so damp because of our proximity to the vast River Plate and the Atlantic Ocean.
The days may feel cold but they are usually gorgeously sunny. Even during the coldest months of July and August, the average sunlight hours are typically 6-7 hours a day. It’s rare to have rain for more than a few days in a row.
There are frequent Indian summers when we are thrown back into a mini-summer period for three or four days and everyone gets their t-shirts out again. And sun-traps are easy to find.
These are the Guru’s essential tips to dressing to enjoy winter in Uruguay. Take them to heart and avoid the sniffles.
And don’t forget to buy yourself a pure Uruguayan wool cape. Just for good measure.
*The winter in the Southern Hemisphere is June, July and August.
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[Article first published: Jun 9, 2014. Lots of people read it, so we keep it as up to date as possible]
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Balbuena Wines – Wine tasting in Montevideo
Great little wine store is a mandatory stop for Uruguay wine tasting in Montevideo with a selection of 130+ Uruguayan wines.
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Y si, si la temperatura “promedio” del invierno en Montevideo y en la zona sur del Uruguay fueran 15°C seria templado el invierno pero no es asi,
La temperatura promedio del ,invierno es de aprox; 11°C.
11,1°C en junio
10,9°C en julio
11,7°C en agosto.
Aprox 15°C son las maximas, pero podemos tener una semana sin que las temperaturas alcancen o superen los 10°C durante alguna ola de frio, y siempre ocurrren varias veces.
O sea , no vas a tener maximas de 15°C todos los dias, muchas veces pueden ser mucho mas bajas.
Tambien es habitual que tengamos varios dias seguidos en que las temperaturas minimas ronden o desciendan de 0°C.
De hecho si no nieva en Montevideo,(en realidad si lo hace por lo general en forma de agua nieve en la costa y nieve en las sierras de zonas y Maldonado), es mas por la humedad (que obliga a que disminuya la temperatura mucho para que precipiten copos); que por falta de temperaturas cercanas a cero grados (2°C a nivel del piso es una temperatura ideal para ese tipo de precipitacion, pero tiene que estar seco al precipitar; algo rarisimo aqui).
Y hay otro factor importante la radiacion solar que por la latitud donde se encuentra Montevideo , la misma de Tokio o Washington D.C. en invierno es muy baja aunque haya sol y temperaturas no tan bajas.
Madame Guru.
I greatly enjoy your treasure trove of info. My first trip to Montevideo was in 1988. In those days you could do a city tour by bus that included the fort on the hill in the Cerro barrio. Is that a no go zone now? I was in town last July. I flew into Cordoba and flew out of MVD. Shout out to EGA for the service between the two places. Also spent a few day in Mina Clavero. I have over the past 33 years been to Uruguay about or 8 times. Driven over most of it. My info now is dated….
Hi Richard, people still go to El Cerro to see the fort, and in fact you can see that my husband took The Vacation Rental Show’s Matt Landau to see a match there! All the best, Karen (AKA Madame Guru)
I went to Uruguay in October – everyone kept apologising to me for the “cold” weather
That’s so funny, Lisa. And how ‘cold’ was it??
Thanks so much. The most helpful and interesting information about winter climate.
Any recommendations or referrals for rentals for one month (mid-June to mid-July) for one person (adult).?
Great blog. Congratulations! You are providing good and reliable information over Uruguay. I read your articles and I am proud you have adopted this country. People like you have a good nature and that is already a lot.