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Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Negril or The Hague?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose The Hague for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: Negril leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Negril 36, The Hague 48: The Hague leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Negril 8, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Negril 40, The Hague 38: Negril leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Negril 60, The Hague 52: Negril leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Negril 35, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Negril 45, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Negril 30, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Negril 15, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Negril 44, The Hague 35: Negril leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Negril 33, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Negril 52, The Hague 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 The Hague.

Your match

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

Negril
41match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

The Hague
Best match
56match

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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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.

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNegrilThe Hague
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican PatoisDutch
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 m1 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNegrilThe Hague
City population4,500548,320
People per km²-5,589
Museums within 10 km054
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.