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Tempio Voltiano on the lakeshore, Como
ComoTempio Voltiano on the lakeshore
Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach

Photos: Como by Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Como 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 Como for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Negril for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • 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. Como 36, Negril 93: Negril leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Como 45, Negril 36: Como leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Como 52, Negril 8: Como leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Como 22, Negril 40: Negril leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Como 82, Negril 60: Como leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Como 87, Negril 35: Como leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Como 47, Negril 45: Como leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Como 66, Negril 30: Como leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Como 42, Negril 15: Como leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Como 30, Negril 44: Negril leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Como 34, Negril 33: Como leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Como 44, Negril 52: Negril leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Como and Negril.

Your match

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

Como
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Negril
41match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Como in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
158 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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. Como: 1991-2020 normals, Lugano (23 km from centre). Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureComoNegril
Official languageItalianEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsCFL230 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
Elevation201 m10 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)34 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureComoNegril
City population83,1844,500
People per km²2,242-
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km80
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). 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. 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.