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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

London 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 London for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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. London 25, Negril 93: Negril leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Negril 36: London leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Negril 8: London leads by 86 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Negril 40: London leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Negril 60: Negril leads by 3 points.
Day trips. London 90, Negril 35: London leads by 55 points.
Good for families. London 82, Negril 45: London leads by 37 points.
Getting around. London 85, Negril 30: London leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Negril 15: London leads by 80 points.
Affordability. London 15, Negril 44: Negril leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Negril 33: London leads by 65 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, Negril 52: Negril leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Negril.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping 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.

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonNegril
Official languageEnglishEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112 or 999Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation4 m10 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonNegril
City population8,799,7284,500
People per km²5,598-
Museums within 10 km2160
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.

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.