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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
A bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Montego BayA bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License.

Geneva 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 Geneva for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Montego Bay for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

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. Geneva 45, Montego Bay 84: Montego Bay leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Montego Bay 50: Geneva leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Montego Bay 28: Geneva leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Montego Bay 42: Montego Bay leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Montego Bay 65: Geneva leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Montego Bay 50: Geneva leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Montego Bay 48: Geneva leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Montego Bay 20: Geneva leads by 66 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Montego Bay 25: Geneva leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Montego Bay 38: Montego Bay leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Montego Bay 32: Geneva leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Montego Bay 45: Geneva leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Montego Bay.

Your match

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

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and shopping with your weighting.

Montego Bay
44match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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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GenevaMontego Bay

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaMontego Bay
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsCJ230 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
Elevation403 m19 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaMontego Bay
City population211,152123,994
People per km²13,280-
Museums within 10 km340
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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. 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.