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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Amsterdam or Negril?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Amsterdam for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Amsterdam’s own page.

Choose Negril for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Negril’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Amsterdam 25, Negril 93: Negril leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Negril 36: Amsterdam leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Negril 8: Amsterdam leads by 74 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Negril 40: Amsterdam leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Negril 60: Negril leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Negril 35: Amsterdam leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Negril 45: Amsterdam leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Negril 30: Amsterdam leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Negril 15: Amsterdam leads by 53 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Negril 44: Negril leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Negril 33: Amsterdam leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Negril 52: Negril leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Negril.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Negril
41match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Negril in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
174 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Amsterdam has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Negril's temperatures are measured 52 km from the centre, at Montego Bay / Sangster.

Negril has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamNegril
Official languageDutchEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation-2 m10 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamNegril
City population921,4684,500
People per km²4,208-
Museums within 10 km1010
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.