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A bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Montego BayA bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Montego Bay or Mumbai?

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 Montego Bay for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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. Montego Bay 84, Mumbai 18: Montego Bay leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Montego Bay 50, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Montego Bay 28, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Montego Bay 42, Mumbai 52: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montego Bay 65, Mumbai 55: Montego Bay leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Montego Bay 50, Mumbai 48: Montego Bay leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Montego Bay 48, Mumbai 35: Montego Bay leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Montego Bay 20, Mumbai 38: Mumbai leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Montego Bay 25, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 41 points.
Affordability. Montego Bay 38, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montego Bay 32, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montego Bay 45, Mumbai 24: Montego Bay leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montego Bay and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Montego Bay
44match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Mumbai
Best match
51match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 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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Montego BayMumbai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontego BayMumbai
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican PatoisHindi, English
CurrencyJamaican Dollar (JMD)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsAB116 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+5:30
Emergency numberPolice 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110108 or 112
Elevation19 m14 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMontego BayMumbai
City population123,99415,414,288
People per km²-25,563
Museums within 10 km01
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.