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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
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Montego Bay or Ushuaia?

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
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Montego Bay leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. Montego Bay 50, Ushuaia 40: Montego Bay leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Montego Bay 28, Ushuaia 22: Montego Bay leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Montego Bay 42, Ushuaia 18: Montego Bay leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montego Bay 65, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Montego Bay 50, Ushuaia 14: Montego Bay leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Montego Bay 48, Ushuaia 40: Montego Bay leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Montego Bay 20, Ushuaia 45: Ushuaia leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Montego Bay 25, Ushuaia 22: Montego Bay leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Montego Bay 38, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montego Bay 32, Ushuaia 10: Montego Bay leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montego Bay 45, Ushuaia 26: Montego Bay leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montego Bay and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Montego Bay
Best match
44match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Montego BayUshuaia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontego BayUshuaia
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican PatoisSpanish
CurrencyJamaican Dollar (JMD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB116 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110117 or 911
Elevation19 m23 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontego BayUshuaia
City population123,99482,615
People per km²-3,592
Museums within 10 km05
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.