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Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Negril or Taipei?

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

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

Choose Taipei for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Taipei’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, Taipei 40: Negril leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Negril 36, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 52 points.
Culture & sights. Negril 8, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 60 points.
Nightlife. Negril 40, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Negril 60, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Negril 35, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Negril 45, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Negril 30, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Negril 15, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 55 points.
Affordability. Negril 44, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Negril 33, Taipei 55: Taipei leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Negril 52, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Negril and Taipei.

Your match

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

Negril
41match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around 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

Taipei in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
288 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 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.

Taipei 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). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNegrilTaipei
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican PatoisTaiwanese Sign Language, Amis, Taiwanese Hokkien, Rukai, Bunun, Kanakanavu, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Paiwan, Yami, Atayal, Saaroa, Kavalan, Tsou, Seediq, Puyuma, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Taiwanese Hakka, Truku, Matsu dialect, Kinmen dialect, Wuqiu dialect
CurrencyJamaican Dollar (JMD)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsAB116 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110110 or 112 or 119
Elevation10 m10 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureNegrilTaipei
City population4,5002,429,429
People per km²-8,938
Museums within 10 km069
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months8 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. 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.