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The limestone terraces of Dunn's River Falls, Ocho Rios
Ocho RiosThe limestone terraces of Dunn's River Falls
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Ocho Rios by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Ocho Rios or Rovinj?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Rovinj’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, Rovinj 70: Ocho Rios leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Ocho Rios 42, Rovinj 50: Rovinj leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Ocho Rios 16, Rovinj 38: Rovinj leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Ocho Rios 28, Rovinj 25: Ocho Rios leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ocho Rios 72, Rovinj 60: Ocho Rios leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Ocho Rios 56, Rovinj 68: Rovinj leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Ocho Rios 60, Rovinj 52: Ocho Rios leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Ocho Rios 24, Rovinj 55: Rovinj leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Ocho Rios 26, Rovinj 28: Rovinj leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Ocho Rios 42, Rovinj 36: Ocho Rios leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ocho Rios 14, Rovinj 15: Rovinj leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ocho Rios 50, Rovinj 42: Ocho Rios leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ocho Rios and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Ocho Rios
42match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Rovinj
Best match
45match

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.

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

Rovinj in July

29 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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.

Rovinj's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Trieste.

Rovinj 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). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOcho RiosRovinj
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican PatoisCroatian
CurrencyJamaican Dollar (JMD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB116 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110112
Elevation59 m0 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)86 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureOcho RiosRovinj
City population16,67112,968
Museums within 10 km01
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.