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The limestone terraces of Dunn's River Falls, Ocho Rios
Ocho RiosThe limestone terraces of Dunn's River Falls
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Ocho Rios by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Ocho Rios or Perth?

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 Ocho Rios for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Perth for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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. Ocho Rios 78, Perth 86: Perth leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Ocho Rios 42, Perth 58: Perth leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Ocho Rios 16, Perth 42: Perth leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Ocho Rios 28, Perth 42: Perth leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ocho Rios and Perth are level on 72.
Day trips. Ocho Rios 56, Perth 48: Ocho Rios leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Ocho Rios 60, Perth 74: Perth leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Ocho Rios 24, Perth 55: Perth leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Ocho Rios 26, Perth 44: Perth leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Ocho Rios 42, Perth 28: Ocho Rios leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ocho Rios 14, Perth 50: Perth leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ocho Rios 50, Perth 38: Ocho Rios leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ocho Rios and Perth.

Your match

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

Ocho Rios
42match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Ocho Rios in July

33 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °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

Ocho Rios's temperatures are measured 62 km from the centre, at Kingston / Norman Manley.

Ocho Rios 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. Ocho Rios: 1991-2020 normals, Kingston / Norman Manley (61.9 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOcho RiosPerth
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican PatoisEnglish
CurrencyJamaican Dollar (JMD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB116 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110000
Elevation59 m2 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)86 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureOcho RiosPerth
City population16,6712,141,834
People per km²-334
Museums within 10 km015
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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.