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Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley
A bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Montego BayA bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay

Photos: Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License.

Mendoza or Montego Bay?

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 Mendoza for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Montego Bay for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Montego Bay’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. Mendoza 6, Montego Bay 84: Montego Bay leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Mendoza 68, Montego Bay 50: Mendoza leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Mendoza 30, Montego Bay 28: Mendoza leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Mendoza 40, Montego Bay 42: Montego Bay leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mendoza 83, Montego Bay 65: Mendoza leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Mendoza 52, Montego Bay 50: Mendoza leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Mendoza 42, Montego Bay 48: Montego Bay leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Mendoza 48, Montego Bay 20: Mendoza leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Mendoza 33, Montego Bay 25: Mendoza leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Mendoza 56, Montego Bay 38: Mendoza leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mendoza 33, Montego Bay 32: Mendoza leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mendoza 55, Montego Bay 45: Mendoza leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mendoza and Montego Bay.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Mendoza
46match

Wins on getting around and food and drink with your weighting.

Montego Bay
44match

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.

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 hdaylight a day

Montego Bay in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
75 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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MendozaMontego Bay

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre). Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMendozaMontego Bay
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5
Emergency number117 or 911Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation769 m19 m
Main airportGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureMendozaMontego Bay
City population127,160123,994
People per km²2,355-
Museums within 10 km10
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.