Photos: Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License; Ocho Rios by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.
Macau 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 Macau for
- culture and sights
- getting around
- food and drink
What lies behind each score is written up on Macau’s own page.
Choose Ocho Rios for
- nature and the outdoors
- beaches
- families
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.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Macau and Ocho Rios.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.
Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.
What matters to you?
When should you go?
Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.
Macau in July
Ocho Rios in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
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. Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre). Ocho Rios: 1991-2020 normals, Kingston / Norman Manley (61.9 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Macau | Ocho Rios |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Portuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese | English, Jamaican Patois |
| Currency | Pataca (MOP) | Jamaican Dollar (JMD) |
| Sockets | FGM220 V, 50 Hz | AB116 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Left | Left |
| Time zone | UTC+8 | UTC-5 |
| Emergency number | 999 | Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110 |
| Elevation | 22 m | 59 m |
| Main airport | Macau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations | Sangster International Airport (MBJ)86 km from centre48 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | - | 10 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Macau | Ocho Rios |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 682,100 | 16,671 |
| People per km² | 5,916 | - |
| Museums within 10 km | 28 | 0 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 1 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 8 months | 12 months |
Where else could you go?
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