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The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza
A bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Montego BayA bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay

Photos: Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License.

Calgary or Montego Bay?

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 Calgary for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Montego Bay for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Montego Bay’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. Calgary 8, Montego Bay 84: Montego Bay leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Calgary 45, Montego Bay 50: Montego Bay leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Calgary 35, Montego Bay 28: Calgary leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Calgary 40, Montego Bay 42: Montego Bay leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Calgary 88, Montego Bay 65: Calgary leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Calgary 55, Montego Bay 50: Calgary leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Calgary 68, Montego Bay 48: Calgary leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Calgary 42, Montego Bay 20: Calgary leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Calgary 42, Montego Bay 25: Calgary leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Calgary 42, Montego Bay 38: Calgary leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Calgary 46, Montego Bay 32: Calgary leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Calgary 42, Montego Bay 45: Montego Bay leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Calgary and Montego Bay.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Calgary
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Montego Bay
44match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Montego Bay in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
75 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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CalgaryMontego Bay

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre). Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCalgaryMontego Bay
Official languageFrench, EnglishEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number911Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation1,045 m19 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureCalgaryMontego Bay
City population1,306,784123,994
People per km²1,583-
Museums within 10 km130
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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). 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. 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.

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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.