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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Jerusalem 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 Jerusalem for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Negril for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Jerusalem 40, Negril 93: Negril leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, Negril 36: Jerusalem leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Negril 8: Jerusalem leads by 84 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, Negril 40: Negril leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem and Negril are level on 60.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, Negril 35: Jerusalem leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, Negril 45: Jerusalem leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, Negril 30: Jerusalem leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Negril 15: Jerusalem leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Negril 44: Negril leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, Negril 33: Jerusalem leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Negril 52: Negril leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and Negril.

Your match

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

Jerusalem
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Negril
41match

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.

Jerusalem in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 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

Jerusalem 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.

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. Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre). Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemNegril
Official languageHebrewEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation754 m10 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemNegril
City population1,050,1514,500
People per km²8,374-
Museums within 10 km690
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km70
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.