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Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon
Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach

Photos: Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License; Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bath 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 Bath for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Negril for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

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. Bath 10, Negril 93: Negril leads by 83 points.
Food & drink. Bath 44, Negril 36: Bath leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Bath 68, Negril 8: Bath leads by 60 points.
Nightlife. Bath 30, Negril 40: Negril leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bath 58, Negril 60: Negril leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Bath 80, Negril 35: Bath leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Bath 50, Negril 45: Bath leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bath 72, Negril 30: Bath leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Bath 54, Negril 15: Bath leads by 39 points.
Affordability. Bath 27, Negril 44: Negril leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bath 44, Negril 33: Bath leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bath 78, Negril 52: Bath leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bath and Negril.

Your match

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

Bath
Best match
51match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips 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.

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °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

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath 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.

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. Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre). Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBathNegril
Official languageEnglishEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112 or 999Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation132 m10 m
Main airportBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBathNegril
City population94,0924,500
People per km²3,245-
Museums within 10 km170
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.