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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
The limestone terraces of Dunn's River Falls, Ocho Rios
Ocho RiosThe limestone terraces of Dunn's River Falls

Photos: Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Ocho Rios by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mendoza 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 Mendoza for

  • food and drink
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Ocho Rios for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

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.

Beaches & swimming. Mendoza 6, Ocho Rios 78: Ocho Rios leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Mendoza 68, Ocho Rios 42: Mendoza leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Mendoza 30, Ocho Rios 16: Mendoza leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Mendoza 40, Ocho Rios 28: Mendoza leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mendoza 83, Ocho Rios 72: Mendoza leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Mendoza 52, Ocho Rios 56: Ocho Rios leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Mendoza 42, Ocho Rios 60: Ocho Rios leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Mendoza 48, Ocho Rios 24: Mendoza leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Mendoza 33, Ocho Rios 26: Mendoza leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Mendoza 56, Ocho Rios 42: Mendoza leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mendoza 33, Ocho Rios 14: Mendoza leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mendoza 55, Ocho Rios 50: Mendoza leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mendoza and Ocho Rios.

Your match

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

Mendoza
Best match
46match

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

Ocho Rios
42match

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

Ocho Rios in July

33 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 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

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. Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre). Ocho Rios: 1991-2020 normals, Kingston / Norman Manley (61.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMendozaOcho Rios
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 m59 m
Main airportGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)86 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureMendozaOcho Rios
City population127,16016,671
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.