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Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Negril or Ushuaia?

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
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Negril leads by 90 points.
Food & drink. Negril 36, Ushuaia 40: Ushuaia leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Negril 8, Ushuaia 22: Ushuaia leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Negril 40, Ushuaia 18: Negril leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Negril 60, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Negril 35, Ushuaia 14: Negril leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Negril 45, Ushuaia 40: Negril leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Negril 30, Ushuaia 45: Ushuaia leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Negril 15, Ushuaia 22: Ushuaia leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Negril 44, Ushuaia 42: Negril leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Negril 33, Ushuaia 10: Negril leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Negril 52, Ushuaia 26: Negril leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Negril and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Negril
Best match
41match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNegrilUshuaia
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican PatoisSpanish
CurrencyJamaican Dollar (JMD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB116 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110117 or 911
Elevation10 m23 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureNegrilUshuaia
City population4,50082,615
People per km²-3,592
Museums within 10 km05
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.