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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 Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Montego Bay or Tallinn?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tallinn for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Montego Bay leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Montego Bay 50, Tallinn 52: Tallinn leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Montego Bay 28, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Montego Bay 42, Tallinn 44: Tallinn leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montego Bay 65, Tallinn 55: Montego Bay leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Montego Bay 50, Tallinn 58: Tallinn leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Montego Bay 48, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Montego Bay 20, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Montego Bay 25, Tallinn 40: Tallinn leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Montego Bay 38, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montego Bay 32, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montego Bay 45, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montego Bay and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Montego Bay
44match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tallinn
Best match
52match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Montego BayTallinn

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontego BayTallinn
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican PatoisEstonian
CurrencyJamaican Dollar (JMD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB116 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110112
Elevation19 m28 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontego BayTallinn
City population123,994457,572
People per km²-2,871
Museums within 10 km016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.