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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • culture and sights
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Negril for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

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. Brisbane 55, Negril 93: Negril leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Negril 36: Brisbane leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Negril 8: Brisbane leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Negril 40: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Negril 60: Brisbane leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Negril 35: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Negril 45: Brisbane leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Negril 30: Brisbane leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Negril 15: Brisbane leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Negril 44: Negril leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Negril 33: Brisbane leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Negril 52: Negril leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Negril.

Your match

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

Brisbane
Best match
54match

Wins on culture and sights and families with your weighting.

Negril
41match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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

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. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneNegril
Official languageEnglishEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10UTC-5
Emergency number000Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation0 m10 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneNegril
City population2,706,9664,500
People per km²171-
Museums within 10 km160
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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.