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Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas
Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach

Photos: Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Maastricht 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 Maastricht for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • getting around

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

Choose Negril for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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.

Beaches & swimming. Maastricht 8, Negril 93: Negril leads by 85 points.
Food & drink. Maastricht 58, Negril 36: Maastricht leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Maastricht 60, Negril 8: Maastricht leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Maastricht 42, Negril 40: Maastricht leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Maastricht 58, Negril 60: Negril leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Maastricht 77, Negril 35: Maastricht leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Maastricht 55, Negril 45: Maastricht leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Maastricht 74, Negril 30: Maastricht leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Maastricht 60, Negril 15: Maastricht leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Maastricht 38, Negril 44: Negril leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Maastricht 40, Negril 33: Maastricht leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Maastricht and Negril are level on 52.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Maastricht and Negril.

Your match

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

Maastricht
Best match
52match

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.

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 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. Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre). Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMaastrichtNegril
Official languageDutchEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation49 m10 m
Main airportMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureMaastrichtNegril
City population120,2274,500
People per km²2,000-
Museums within 10 km210
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.