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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 Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

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

Montego Bay or Toulouse?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toulouse for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Montego Bay leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Montego Bay 50, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Montego Bay 28, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Montego Bay 42, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montego Bay 65, Toulouse 58: Montego Bay leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Montego Bay 50, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Montego Bay 48, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Montego Bay 20, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Montego Bay 25, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Montego Bay 38, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montego Bay 32, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montego Bay 45, Toulouse 27: Montego Bay leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montego Bay and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Montego Bay
44match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Toulouse
Best match
53match

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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 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 BayToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontego BayToulouse
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican PatoisFrench
CurrencyJamaican Dollar (JMD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB116 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110112
Elevation19 m115 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontego BayToulouse
City population123,994514,819
People per km²-4,352
Museums within 10 km024
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.