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Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach
The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill

Photos: Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License.

Negril or Philadelphia?

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

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Philadelphia for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Philadelphia’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, Philadelphia 36: Negril leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Negril 36, Philadelphia 62: Philadelphia leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Negril 8, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 64 points.
Nightlife. Negril 40, Philadelphia 55: Philadelphia leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Negril 60, Philadelphia 52: Negril leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Negril 35, Philadelphia 80: Philadelphia leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Negril 45, Philadelphia 68: Philadelphia leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Negril 30, Philadelphia 66: Philadelphia leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Negril 15, Philadelphia 57: Philadelphia leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Negril 44, Philadelphia 40: Negril leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Negril 33, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Negril 52, Philadelphia 26: Negril leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Negril and Philadelphia.

Your match

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

Negril
41match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Philadelphia
Best match
57match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips 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

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 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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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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre). Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNegrilPhiladelphia
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 m12 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureNegrilPhiladelphia
City population4,5001,603,797
People per km²-4,339
Museums within 10 km054
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.