Photos: Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; San Jose by Roxanna Salceda, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.
Negril or San Jose?
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
- prices
- wellness
What lies behind each score is written up on Negril’s own page.
Choose San Jose for
- day trips
- shopping
- culture and sights
What lies behind each score is written up on San Jose’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Negril and San Jose.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.
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
San Jose in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
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). San Jose: 1991-2020 normals, San Jose / Santa Clara Trailer Village (8.2 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Negril | San Jose |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | English, Jamaican Patois | - |
| Currency | Jamaican Dollar (JMD) | US Dollar (USD) |
| Sockets | AB116 V, 50 Hz | AB120 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Left | Right |
| Time zone | UTC-5 | UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer |
| Emergency number | Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110 | 911 |
| Elevation | 10 m | 25 m |
| Main airport | Sangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinations | Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC)8 km from centre38 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 10 days | 13 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Negril | San Jose |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 4,500 | 1,013,240 |
| People per km² | - | 2,167 |
| Museums within 10 km | 0 | 19 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 12 months | None |
Where else could you go?
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