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Seven Mile Beach, Negril
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The coloured houses stepping down to the sea, Positano
PositanoThe coloured houses stepping down to the sea

Photos: Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Positano by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Negril or Positano?

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

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Positano for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Positano’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, Positano 77: Negril leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Negril 36, Positano 40: Positano leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Negril 8, Positano 22: Positano leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Negril 40, Positano 22: Negril leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Negril 60, Positano 80: Positano leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Negril 35, Positano 88: Positano leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Negril 45, Positano 28: Negril leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Negril 30, Positano 35: Positano leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Negril 15, Positano 45: Positano leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Negril 44, Positano 10: Negril leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Negril 33, Positano 15: Negril leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Negril 52, Positano 45: Negril leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Negril and Positano.

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 prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Positano
42match

Wins on day trips 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

Positano in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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.

Positano's temperatures are measured 25 km from the centre, at Capri.

Positano 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.

Positano's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre). Positano: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (25.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNegrilPositano
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican PatoisItalian
CurrencyJamaican Dollar (JMD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB116 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110112
Elevation10 m142 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)33 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureNegrilPositano
City population4,5003,729
People per km²-429
Museums within 10 km010
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.