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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
A bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Montego BayA bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Montego Bay for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • 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. Dublin 27, Montego Bay 84: Montego Bay leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Dublin and Montego Bay are level on 50.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Montego Bay 28: Dublin leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Montego Bay 42: Dublin leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Montego Bay 65: Dublin leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Montego Bay 50: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Montego Bay 48: Dublin leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Montego Bay 20: Dublin leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Montego Bay 25: Dublin leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Montego Bay 38: Montego Bay leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Montego Bay 32: Dublin leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Montego Bay 45: Montego Bay leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Montego Bay.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Montego Bay
44match

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.

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °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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DublinMontego Bay

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinMontego Bay
Official languageEnglish, IrishEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation20 m19 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinMontego Bay
City population592,713123,994
People per km²5,154-
Museums within 10 km400
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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). 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.