Photos: Istanbul by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.
Istanbul 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 Istanbul for
- culture and sights
- shopping
- food and drink
What lies behind each score is written up on Istanbul’s own page.
Choose Negril for
- beaches
- nature and the outdoors
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.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Istanbul and Negril.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.
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.
Istanbul in July
Negril in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
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. Istanbul: 1991-2020 normals, Istanbul / Goztepe (9.9 km from centre). Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Istanbul | Negril |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Turkish | English, Jamaican Patois |
| Currency | Turkish Lira (TRY) | Jamaican Dollar (JMD) |
| Sockets | CF230 V, 50 Hz | AB116 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Left |
| Time zone | UTC+3 | UTC-5 |
| Emergency number | 112 | Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110 |
| Elevation | 100 m | 10 m |
| Main airport | İstanbul Airport (IST)36 km from centre343 non-stop destinations | Sangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 14 days | 10 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Istanbul | Negril |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 15,655,924 | 4,500 |
| People per km² | 2,930 | - |
| Museums within 10 km | 73 | 0 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 1 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 3 months | 12 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Istanbul or Negril somewhere new.