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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 old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Montego Bay or Salzburg?

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
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Montego Bay leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Montego Bay 50, Salzburg 45: Montego Bay leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Montego Bay 28, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Montego Bay 42, Salzburg 25: Montego Bay leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montego Bay 65, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Montego Bay 50, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Montego Bay 48, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Montego Bay 20, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Montego Bay 25, Salzburg 48: Salzburg leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Montego Bay 38, Salzburg 32: Montego Bay leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montego Bay 32, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montego Bay 45, Salzburg 55: Salzburg leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montego Bay and Salzburg.

Your match

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

Montego Bay
44match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Montego BaySalzburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontego BaySalzburg
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican PatoisGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyJamaican Dollar (JMD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB116 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110112
Elevation19 m424 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontego BaySalzburg
City population123,994155,021
People per km²-2,360
Museums within 10 km038
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under 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.