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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
The limestone terraces of Dunn's River Falls, Ocho Rios
Ocho RiosThe limestone terraces of Dunn's River Falls

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Ocho Rios by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cairo or Ocho Rios?

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 Cairo for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Ocho Rios for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Ocho Rios’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. Cairo 10, Ocho Rios 78: Ocho Rios leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Ocho Rios 42: Cairo leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Ocho Rios 16: Cairo leads by 80 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Ocho Rios 28: Cairo leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Ocho Rios 72: Ocho Rios leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Ocho Rios 56: Cairo leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Ocho Rios 60: Ocho Rios leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Ocho Rios 24: Cairo leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Ocho Rios 26: Cairo leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Ocho Rios 42: Cairo leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Ocho Rios 14: Cairo leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Ocho Rios 50: Ocho Rios leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Ocho Rios.

Your match

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

Cairo
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Ocho Rios
42match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Ocho Rios in July

33 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 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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CairoOcho Rios

Where the figures come from

Ocho Rios's temperatures are measured 62 km from the centre, at Kingston / Norman Manley.

Ocho Rios 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. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Ocho Rios: 1991-2020 normals, Kingston / Norman Manley (61.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoOcho Rios
Official languageArabicEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation23 m59 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)86 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoOcho Rios
City population9,801,53616,671
People per km²18,564-
Museums within 10 km480
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.