Uruguay: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 57
- Consulates
- 15
- missions abroad
- 84
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 85
Live & travel in Uruguay
Monthly budget
$3,250/mo
Prices vs USA: 73%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 40.32 UYU
Internet access
92%
of people online
Air quality
10.9
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Emergency
911
Plug types
Schuko, Europlug, Type L
Calling code
+598
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Jul 27, 2026
3.8
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept
- Cost2.6
- Safety3.3
- Internet access4.8
- Air quality4.0
- Climate4.2
SOS · Uruguay911Restaurants, cafés and dishes in UruguayBar Facal · Café Brasilero · Mate · Chivito · Caruso sauce · Dulce de leche · Chimichurri
Government consensus
Normal precautions· 2 of 3 governments- United StatesIncreased caution
- United KingdomNormal precautions
- CanadaNormal precautions· parts of the country
Sources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Digital nomad visa
- Provisional Identity Document for Digital NomadsVerified Nov 9, 2026Duration: 6 monthsNo fixed amount; sworn declaration of sufficient meansOfficial site
Programme rules change; always confirm on the official site linked on each card.
Upcoming public holidays
- Dec 25, 2026 · Christmas Day
- Jan 1, 2027 · New Year’s Day
- Mar 25, 2027 · Maundy Thursday
- Mar 26, 2027 · Good Friday
- May 1, 2027 · Labour Day
- Jul 18, 2027 · Constitution Day
- Aug 25, 2027 · Independence Day
- Dec 25, 2027 · Christmas Day
Cities in Uruguay
Traveller essentials · Uruguay
- Emergency
- 911
- Calling code
- +598
- Currency
- UYU
- Plug types
- Schuko, Europlug, L, AS/NZS 3112
- Drives on the
- right
- Capital
- Montevideo
- Time zone
- America/Montevideo
Foreign missions in Uruguay
AngolaMontevideo1ArgentinaMontevideo, Maldonado, Colonia del Sacramento4BoliviaMontevideo1BrazilMontevideo, Rivera, Chuy4CanadaMontevideo1ChileMontevideo1ChinaMontevideo1ColombiaMontevideo1Costa RicaMontevideo1CubaMontevideo1CzechiaMontevideo1Dominican RepublicMontevideo1EcuadorMontevideo1EgyptMontevideo1El SalvadorMontevideo2FranceMontevideo1GermanyMontevideo1GreeceMontevideo1GuatemalaMontevideo1IndiaMontevideo1IranMontevideo1IsraelMontevideo1ItalyMontevideo1JapanMontevideo1LebanonMontevideo1MexicoMontevideo1MoroccoMontevideo1Netherlands1NicaraguaMontevideo1PalestineMontevideo1PanamaMontevideo1ParaguayMontevideo2PeruMontevideo1PortugalMontevideo1QatarMontevideo1RomaniaMontevideo1RussiaMontevideo1Saudi ArabiaMontevideo1South KoreaMontevideo1SpainMontevideo2SwedenMontevideo1SwitzerlandMontevideo1TürkiyeMontevideo1United KingdomMontevideo1United StatesMontevideo1Vatican CityMontevideo1VenezuelaMontevideo1Western SaharaMontevideo1
Uruguay missions abroad
ArgentinaBuenos Aires, Concordia, Mendoza4AustraliaCanberra2AustriaVienna1BelgiumBrussels1BoliviaLa Paz1BrazilBrasília, São Paulo, Salvador6CanadaOttawa1ChileSantiago1ChinaBeijing1ColombiaBogotá1Costa RicaSan José1CubaHavana1Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo1EcuadorQuito1EgyptCairo1El SalvadorSan Salvador1EthiopiaAddis Ababa1FinlandHelsinki1FranceParis1GermanyBerlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt6GreeceAthens1GuatemalaGuatemala City1IndiaNew Delhi1IndonesiaJakarta1IranTehran1IsraelTel Aviv2ItalyRome, Milan4JapanTokyo1LebanonBeirut1MalaysiaKuala Lumpur1MexicoMexico City1NetherlandsThe Hague1NicaraguaManagua1PalestineJerusalem1PanamaPanama City1ParaguayAsunción1PeruLima1PolandWarsaw, Poznań, Gdańsk3PortugalLisbon1Puerto Rico1QatarDoha1RomaniaBucharest1RussiaMoscow1Saudi ArabiaRiyadh1South AfricaPretoria1South KoreaSeoul1SpainMadrid, Santiago de Compostela, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria7SwedenStockholm1SwitzerlandBern, Geneva2TürkiyeAnkara, Istanbul2United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi1United KingdomLondon1United StatesWashington, D.C., Miami2VenezuelaCaracas1VietnamHanoi1
Who can enter Uruguay without a visa?
Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.
Frequently asked questions
Embassies & consulates in Uruguay?
57 missions, 48 countries.
Emergency: Uruguay?
911
Who can enter Uruguay without a visa?
85: Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, and Bulgaria…