🇺🇾 Uruguay vs 🇨🇴 Colombia
Side by side on the data that actually changes your life: prices, taxes, climate, air, safety. Every number has a source and a date.
Climate (capital)
Open-Meteo historical weather
Jan 22° · Jul 10° · Montevideo
Jan 14° · Jul 13° · Bogotá
Air quality (capital)
WAQI, capital station
—
AQI 21 · Good
Big Mac price
The Economist Big Mac index
$8.76
$6.21
Taxes on salary
OECD tax wedge, single average worker
—
~0% of labour cost (2025)
Special tax regimes
Official tax authorities, verified 2026-06
New-resident tax holiday
None curated
Inflation
World Bank
4.7% / yr (2025)
5.1% / yr (2025)
Messenger apps
OONI network measurements, 6-month window
Facebook Messenger: interference
All measured apps work
Foreign-born residents
World Bank migrant stock
4.7% of population (2024)
5.8% of population (2024)
Life expectancy
WHO
75 yrs
75 yrs
Currency
ISO 4217
UYU
COP
Timezone (capital)
Open-Meteo
UTC-3
UTC-5
Climate, inflation and life expectancy verified 2026-07-07. Prices, taxes and air quality verified 2026-07-07. Sources shown per row.
Special tax regimes, verified
Regimes change often and many sites still advertise closed ones. We link the official source for each.
🇺🇾 Uruguay
Foreign dividends & interest tax-free for ~11 years (or 7% flat forever)
Verified 2026-06 · DGI (tax authority)
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