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Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Negril or York?

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 York for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: Negril leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Negril 36, York 42: York leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Negril 8, York 70: York leads by 62 points.
Nightlife. Negril 40, York 36: Negril leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Negril 60, York 62: York leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Negril 35, York 80: York leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Negril 45, York 60: York leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Negril 30, York 72: York leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Negril 15, York 46: York leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Negril 44, York 38: Negril leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Negril 33, York 38: York leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Negril 52, York 34: Negril leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Negril and York.

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.

York
Best match
49match

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

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 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.

York 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.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNegrilYork
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican PatoisEnglish
CurrencyJamaican Dollar (JMD)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAB116 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110112 or 999
Elevation10 m25 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureNegrilYork
City population4,500208,400
People per km²-766
Museums within 10 km024
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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. 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.