Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026 · morning edition, updated 1:15 p.m.
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Montevideo today
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feels like 46°F
10° / C
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Montevideo Insider
Uruguay, in English
The dollar
40,00
pesos for each US$1 you bring in
40,40 to buy a dollar back
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Weather
10° / 5°C · 50° / 41°F
Feels 8°C · 46°F. No rain.
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Closed
Tuesday — national holiday.
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Winter chill continues
Cool and overcast Tuesday, Santa Rosa storm forecast for week's end
Montevideo reaches 10°C (50°F) today; meteorologists predict the annual Santa Rosa storm will hit hardest Thursday through Friday with rain and possible hail.
Montevideo Portal, Guruguay · 2–3 min
What it means
Four rob BROU branch in Pando, escape with estimated $70,000 USD, €90,000 and 10 million pesos
Armed quartet fled in a Mercedes-Benz after Monday afternoon heist; police estimate the haul but the bank has not confirmed the total.
Subrayado, la diaria, Montevideo Portal · 2–3 min
What it means
Police raid Cerro Norte with 20 simultaneous searches, four arrested and AR-15 seized
Tuesday morning operation targets Los Colorados and Los Suárez gangs after nights of gunfire; authorities confiscate rifles, pistols and cash.
Subrayado, la diaria · 2 min
What it means
Noche de la Nostalgia passes with 23 traffic crashes but no fatalities
Nationwide party night saw 10 positive breath tests in Maldonado and nearly 1,800 roadside checks; no deaths reported.
Montevideo Portal · 1 min
What it means
For foreigners & immigrants
Legal cannabis prices rose Aug. 1; IRCCA still weighing tourist access
The four pharmacy strains now cost slightly more after the third price adjustment in a year; regulators continue to analyze whether to allow non-resident purchases.
International CBC · 2 min
What it means
Tether abandons $120 million Uruguay bitcoin-mining project after power dispute
Stablecoin issuer's two sites in Florida department shut down in 2025 following contract fight with state utility UTE; operations never ramped up.
CryptoSlate · 3 min
What it means
Following — threads we keep open
IRCCA raises pharmacy cannabis prices for third time in a year
Four approved strains now cost 485–615 pesos per five grams; regulator still studying tourist-access reform.
Disappeared list grows by eight as human-rights institute updates tally
Madres y Familiares adds names after INDDHH report; 197 people vanished during the 1973–85 dictatorship, most in Argentina under Plan Cóndor.
Uruguay in the world press
What is being said about here, elsewhere
CryptoSlate
Tether's $120 million Uruguay mining failure now shadows its next Bitcoin bet in Brazil
Read at CryptoSlate
Americas Rugby News
Uruguayan XV Roster for Americas Rugby Championship to Open New Era
Read at Americas Rugby News
CSIS
What's Behind China's Problematic Advance in Uruguay?
Read at CSIS
Worth knowing
BROU confirmed today the Pando robbery netted police's estimated $70,000 USD, €90,000 and 10 million pesos, though the bank's official tally is still pending.
Montevideo Portal
President Yamandú Orsi led the Aug. 25 Independence Day ceremony in Florida department, marking 201 years since the 1825 declaration.
Montevideo Portal
Israel's embassy expressed displeasure over comments by Foreign Affairs official Nicolás Csurkasi regarding Gaza, Montevideo Portal reported.
Montevideo Portal
The U.S. dollar sold for 40.4 pesos at best rate in Montevideo cambios this morning; the euro at 48.6 and the Brazilian real at 8.15.
Fetched cambio data
Montevideo's waste plan delivered 334 household bins to Municipio G families in May, part of a drive to cut street containers from 11,000 to 5,000 by 2027.
La Mañana
Diego Forlán's Uruguay will play a third friendly against India, la diaria reported; match details to be announced.
la diaria
Nacional signed Gastón Martirena, fulfilling the player's dream to join the club, la diaria said.
la diaria
The "Niñas, no madres" campaign marking 10 years put child pregnancy, sexual violence and forced motherhood back in the spotlight, la diaria reported.
la diaria
Montevideo today
High / low10° / 5°C · 50° / 41°F
Feels like8° / 1°C · 46° / 35°F
SkyOvercast
Wind12 km/h · 8 mph
RainNone forecast
Tue., Aug. 2510° / 5°C · 50° / 41°F
Wed., Aug. 2615° / 6°C · 58° / 44°F
Thu., Aug. 2713° / 11°C · 56° / 52°F
No frost in the forecast window; check Inumet for any official alert.
Model consensus for today
A consensus of the major global forecast models; official warnings sourced to Inumet. More on the weather page.
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Open today?
Government officesClosed
BanksClosed
ShopsMostly closed
Supermarkets, feriasOpen
Next closureTue., Aug. 25 — Declaratoria
And againWed., Aug. 26 — banks only
On the horizon
Mon., Aug. 24Last banking day · frost
Tue., Aug. 25Declaratoria — all shut
Wed., Aug. 26Banks shut again
Thu., Aug. 27INE employment · rain
Fri., Aug. 28Parque Hotel casino closes
Mon., Aug. 31IRPF filing due
Nov. 6-8Papal visit
Nov. 15Beach flags resume
If you rent
4.25%
rent adjustment
coefficient
August coefficientNot yet published
Inflation, 12 months4.27%
Avg. rent, Uruguay · INE, Mar.$21,400
The coefficient is the lower of two indexes — wages or prices — so it tracks inflation when wages run ahead. Whether it binds your contract depends on what the contract says and on whether the building predates June 1968.
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