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Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Negril or Rovinj?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Rovinj’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, Rovinj 70: Negril leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Negril 36, Rovinj 50: Rovinj leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Negril 8, Rovinj 38: Rovinj leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Negril 40, Rovinj 25: Negril leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Negril and Rovinj are level on 60.
Day trips. Negril 35, Rovinj 68: Rovinj leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Negril 45, Rovinj 52: Rovinj leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Negril 30, Rovinj 55: Rovinj leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Negril 15, Rovinj 28: Rovinj leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Negril 44, Rovinj 36: Negril leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Negril 33, Rovinj 15: Negril leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Negril 52, Rovinj 42: Negril leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Negril and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Negril
41match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Rovinj
Best match
45match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights 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

Rovinj in July

29 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 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.

Rovinj's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Trieste.

Rovinj 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). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNegrilRovinj
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican PatoisCroatian
CurrencyJamaican Dollar (JMD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB116 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110112
Elevation10 m0 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureNegrilRovinj
City population4,50012,968
Museums within 10 km01
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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.