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Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn
A bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Montego BayA bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay

Photos: Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License.

Copenhagen 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 Copenhagen for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Montego Bay for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Copenhagen 40, Montego Bay 84: Montego Bay leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Copenhagen 76, Montego Bay 50: Copenhagen leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Copenhagen 72, Montego Bay 28: Copenhagen leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Copenhagen 60, Montego Bay 42: Copenhagen leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Copenhagen 45, Montego Bay 65: Montego Bay leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Copenhagen 72, Montego Bay 50: Copenhagen leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Copenhagen 85, Montego Bay 48: Copenhagen leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Copenhagen 85, Montego Bay 20: Copenhagen leads by 65 points.
Shopping & style. Copenhagen 70, Montego Bay 25: Copenhagen leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Copenhagen 18, Montego Bay 38: Montego Bay leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copenhagen 68, Montego Bay 32: Copenhagen leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copenhagen 55, Montego Bay 45: Copenhagen leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Copenhagen and Montego Bay.

Your match

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

Copenhagen
Best match
62match

Wins on getting around and shopping with your weighting.

Montego Bay
44match

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.

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
17 °Csea
17 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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CopenhagenMontego Bay

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre). Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCopenhagenMontego Bay
Official languageDanishEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsCEFK230 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
Elevation14 m19 m
Main airportCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureCopenhagenMontego Bay
City population667,099123,994
People per km²7,339-
Museums within 10 km720
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.