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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
A bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Montego BayA bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License.

Monaco 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 Monaco for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Montego Bay for

  • prices
  • beaches

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. Monaco 68, Montego Bay 84: Montego Bay leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Montego Bay 50: Monaco leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Montego Bay 28: Monaco leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Montego Bay 42: Monaco leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Montego Bay 65: Monaco leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Montego Bay 50: Monaco leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Montego Bay 48: Monaco leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Montego Bay 20: Monaco leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Montego Bay 25: Monaco leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Montego Bay 38: Montego Bay leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Montego Bay 32: Monaco leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Montego Bay 45: Monaco leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Montego Bay.

Your match

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

Monaco
Best match
58match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Montego Bay
44match

Wins on prices 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.

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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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MonacoMontego Bay

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoMontego Bay
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsCEF230 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
Elevation68 m19 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoMontego Bay
City population38,857123,994
People per km²18,503-
Museums within 10 km140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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). Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.