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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
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Montego Bay or Toledo?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Toledo for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’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, Toledo 5: Montego Bay leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Montego Bay 50, Toledo 40: Montego Bay leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Montego Bay 28, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. Montego Bay 42, Toledo 22: Montego Bay leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montego Bay 65, Toledo 40: Montego Bay leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Montego Bay 50, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Montego Bay 48, Toledo 45: Montego Bay leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Montego Bay 20, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Montego Bay 25, Toledo 32: Toledo leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Montego Bay 38, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montego Bay 32, Toledo 22: Montego Bay leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montego Bay 45, Toledo 30: Montego Bay leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montego Bay and Toledo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Montego Bay
44match

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

Toledo
43match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around 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

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Montego BayToledo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontego BayToledo
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican PatoisSpanish
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 m523 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontego BayToledo
City population123,99487,216
People per km²-376
Museums within 10 km013
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.