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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 beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Montego Bay or Tel Aviv?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Montego Bay 50, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Montego Bay 28, Tel Aviv 57: Tel Aviv leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Montego Bay 42, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montego Bay 65, Tel Aviv 52: Montego Bay leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Montego Bay 50, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Montego Bay 48, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Montego Bay 20, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Montego Bay 25, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Montego Bay 38, Tel Aviv 14: Montego Bay leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montego Bay 32, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montego Bay 45, Tel Aviv 35: Montego Bay 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 Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Montego Bay
44match

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

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on getting around and nightlife 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

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Montego BayTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontego BayTel Aviv
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican PatoisHebrew
CurrencyJamaican Dollar (JMD)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsAB116 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110Police 100, fire 102
Elevation19 m5 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMontego BayTel Aviv
City population123,994467,875
People per km²-8,998
Museums within 10 km098
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months7 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.