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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
The limestone terraces of Dunn's River Falls, Ocho Rios
Ocho RiosThe limestone terraces of Dunn's River Falls

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Ocho Rios by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jerusalem or Ocho Rios?

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
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Ocho Rios for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Ocho Rios’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, Ocho Rios 78: Ocho Rios leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, Ocho Rios 42: Jerusalem leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Ocho Rios 16: Jerusalem leads by 76 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, Ocho Rios 28: Jerusalem leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, Ocho Rios 72: Ocho Rios leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, Ocho Rios 56: Jerusalem leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, Ocho Rios 60: Ocho Rios leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, Ocho Rios 24: Jerusalem leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Ocho Rios 26: Jerusalem leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Ocho Rios 42: Ocho Rios leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, Ocho Rios 14: Jerusalem leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Ocho Rios 50: Ocho Rios leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and Ocho Rios.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Ocho Rios
42match

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

Ocho Rios in July

33 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 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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JerusalemOcho Rios

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.

Ocho Rios's temperatures are measured 62 km from the centre, at Kingston / Norman Manley.

Ocho Rios 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). Ocho Rios: 1991-2020 normals, Kingston / Norman Manley (61.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemOcho Rios
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 m59 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)86 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemOcho Rios
City population1,050,15116,671
People per km²8,374-
Museums within 10 km690
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km70
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months12 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). 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.