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The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach
Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach

Photos: Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Myrtle Beach or Negril?

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 Myrtle Beach for

  • families
  • shopping
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Myrtle Beach’s own page.

Choose Negril for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Negril’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. Myrtle Beach 84, Negril 93: Negril leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Myrtle Beach 38, Negril 36: Myrtle Beach leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Myrtle Beach 20, Negril 8: Myrtle Beach leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Myrtle Beach 42, Negril 40: Myrtle Beach leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Myrtle Beach 46, Negril 60: Negril leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Myrtle Beach 50, Negril 35: Myrtle Beach leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Myrtle Beach 80, Negril 45: Myrtle Beach leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Myrtle Beach 18, Negril 30: Negril leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Myrtle Beach 38, Negril 15: Myrtle Beach leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Myrtle Beach 52, Negril 44: Myrtle Beach leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Myrtle Beach 30, Negril 33: Negril leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Myrtle Beach 28, Negril 52: Negril leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Myrtle Beach and Negril.

Your match

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

Myrtle Beach
Best match
44match

Wins on families and shopping with your weighting.

Negril
41match

Wins on wellness 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.

Myrtle Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
172 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Negril in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
174 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Myrtle Beach has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Negril's temperatures are measured 52 km from the centre, at Montego Bay / Sangster.

Negril has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre). Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMyrtle BeachNegril
Official language-English, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number911Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation8 m10 m
Main airportMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureMyrtle BeachNegril
City population35,6824,500
People per km²591-
Museums within 10 km20
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months12 months

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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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.