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The limestone terraces of Dunn's River Falls, Ocho Rios
Ocho RiosThe limestone terraces of Dunn's River Falls
The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill

Photos: Ocho Rios by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License.

Ocho Rios or Philadelphia?

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

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Philadelphia for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Philadelphia’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, Philadelphia 36: Ocho Rios leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Ocho Rios 42, Philadelphia 62: Philadelphia leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Ocho Rios 16, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Ocho Rios 28, Philadelphia 55: Philadelphia leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ocho Rios 72, Philadelphia 52: Ocho Rios leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Ocho Rios 56, Philadelphia 80: Philadelphia leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Ocho Rios 60, Philadelphia 68: Philadelphia leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Ocho Rios 24, Philadelphia 66: Philadelphia leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Ocho Rios 26, Philadelphia 57: Philadelphia leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Ocho Rios 42, Philadelphia 40: Ocho Rios leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ocho Rios 14, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ocho Rios 50, Philadelphia 26: Ocho Rios leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ocho Rios and Philadelphia.

Your match

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

Ocho Rios
42match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Philadelphia
Best match
57match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

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

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOcho RiosPhiladelphia
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican Patois-
CurrencyJamaican Dollar (JMD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB116 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110911
Elevation59 m12 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)86 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureOcho RiosPhiladelphia
City population16,6711,603,797
People per km²-4,339
Museums within 10 km054
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.