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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach

Photos: Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hamburg 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 Hamburg for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Negril for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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. Hamburg 28, Negril 93: Negril leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, Negril 36: Hamburg leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, Negril 8: Hamburg leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, Negril 40: Hamburg leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg 52, Negril 60: Negril leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Hamburg 70, Negril 35: Hamburg leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, Negril 45: Hamburg leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, Negril 30: Hamburg leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, Negril 15: Hamburg leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, Negril 44: Negril leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg 80, Negril 33: Hamburg leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg 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: Hamburg and Negril.

Your match

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

Hamburg
Best match
60match

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

Negril
41match

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.

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 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. Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre). Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgNegril
Official languageGermanEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsCF230 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
Elevation6 m10 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureHamburgNegril
City population1,869,4734,500
People per km²2,476-
Museums within 10 km770
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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.