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Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach
The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk

Photos: Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Negril or Ocean City, Maryland?

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 Negril for

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Ocean City, Maryland for

  • families
  • shopping
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Ocean City, Maryland’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. Negril 93, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Negril leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Negril 36, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Negril 8, Ocean City, Maryland 14: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Negril 40, Ocean City, Maryland 45: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Negril 60, Ocean City, Maryland 50: Negril leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Negril 35, Ocean City, Maryland 42: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Negril 45, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Negril 30, Ocean City, Maryland 34: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Negril 15, Ocean City, Maryland 24: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Negril 44, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Negril leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Negril 33, Ocean City, Maryland 18: Negril leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Negril 52, Ocean City, Maryland 22: Negril leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Negril and Ocean City, Maryland.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Negril
41match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

Ocean City, Maryland
40match

Wins on families and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

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

Ocean City, Maryland in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

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.

Ocean City, Maryland 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. Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre). Ocean City, Maryland: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Ocean City / Morris Mobile Home Park (10.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNegrilOcean City, Maryland
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican Patois-
CurrencyJamaican Dollar (JMD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB116 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110911
Elevation10 m2 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureNegrilOcean City, Maryland
City population4,5006,844
People per km²-73
Museums within 10 km00
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months3 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). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.