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Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Negril or Wellington?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Wellington for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Negril leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Negril 36, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Negril 8, Wellington 44: Wellington leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Negril 40, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Negril 60, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Negril 35, Wellington 40: Wellington leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Negril 45, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Negril 30, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Negril 15, Wellington 42: Wellington leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Negril 44, Wellington 33: Negril leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Negril 33, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Negril 52, Wellington 30: Negril leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Negril and Wellington.

Your match

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

Negril
41match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Wellington
Best match
49match

Wins on getting around 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 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.

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNegrilWellington
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican PatoisEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyJamaican Dollar (JMD)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsAB116 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110111
Elevation10 m0 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureNegrilWellington
City population4,500216,200
People per km²-487
Museums within 10 km012
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.