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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
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Montego Bay or Perth?

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

  • prices
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Perth for

  • getting around
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Montego Bay 50, Perth 58: Perth leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Montego Bay 28, Perth 42: Perth leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Montego Bay and Perth are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Montego Bay 65, Perth 72: Perth leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Montego Bay 50, Perth 48: Montego Bay leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Montego Bay 48, Perth 74: Perth leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Montego Bay 20, Perth 55: Perth leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Montego Bay 25, Perth 44: Perth leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Montego Bay 38, Perth 28: Montego Bay leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montego Bay 32, Perth 50: Perth leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montego Bay 45, Perth 38: Montego Bay leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montego Bay and Perth.

Your match

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

Montego Bay
44match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around 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.

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

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Montego BayPerth

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontego BayPerth
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican PatoisEnglish
CurrencyJamaican Dollar (JMD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB116 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110000
Elevation19 m2 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontego BayPerth
City population123,9942,141,834
People per km²-334
Museums within 10 km015
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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.