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The limestone terraces of Dunn's River Falls, Ocho Rios
Ocho RiosThe limestone terraces of Dunn's River Falls
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Ocho Rios by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Ocho Rios or Split?

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

  • wellness
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Split for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Split’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, Split 75: Ocho Rios leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Ocho Rios 42, Split 57: Split leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Ocho Rios 16, Split 66: Split leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Ocho Rios 28, Split 52: Split leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ocho Rios 72, Split 77: Split leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Ocho Rios 56, Split 78: Split leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Ocho Rios 60, Split 54: Ocho Rios leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Ocho Rios 24, Split 67: Split leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Ocho Rios 26, Split 32: Split leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Ocho Rios 42, Split 45: Split leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ocho Rios 14, Split 37: Split leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ocho Rios 50, Split 40: Ocho Rios leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ocho Rios and Split.

Your match

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

Ocho Rios
42match

Wins on wellness and families with your weighting.

Split
Best match
57match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Split in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
25 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ocho Rios: 1991-2020 normals, Kingston / Norman Manley (61.9 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOcho RiosSplit
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 destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureOcho RiosSplit
City population16,671160,577
Museums within 10 km011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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.