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Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags
Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach

Photos: Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Kathmandu 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 Kathmandu for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Negril for

  • beaches
  • families
  • 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. Kathmandu 4, Negril 93: Negril leads by 89 points.
Food & drink. Kathmandu 55, Negril 36: Kathmandu leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Kathmandu 82, Negril 8: Kathmandu leads by 74 points.
Nightlife. Kathmandu 36, Negril 40: Negril leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kathmandu 70, Negril 60: Kathmandu leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Kathmandu 56, Negril 35: Kathmandu leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Kathmandu 20, Negril 45: Negril leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Kathmandu 25, Negril 30: Negril leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Kathmandu 55, Negril 15: Kathmandu leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Kathmandu 97, Negril 44: Kathmandu leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kathmandu 28, Negril 33: Negril leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kathmandu 45, Negril 52: Negril leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kathmandu and Negril.

Your match

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

Kathmandu
Best match
48match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Negril
41match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

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. Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre). Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKathmanduNegril
Official languageNepaliEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyNepalese Rupee (NPR)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:45UTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 100, ambulance 102, fire 101Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation1,300 m10 m
Main airportTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureKathmanduNegril
City population845,7674,500
People per km²17,121-
Museums within 10 km90
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.