Photos: Ocho Rios by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; St. Pete Beach by Jeffrey Eisen, Pexels License.
Ocho Rios or St. Pete Beach?
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
- prices
- wellness
What lies behind each score is written up on Ocho Rios’s own page.
Choose St. Pete Beach for
- families
- beaches
- getting around
What lies behind each score is written up on St. Pete Beach’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ocho Rios and St. Pete Beach.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Too close to call, level with your weighting
Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.
Wins on families and beaches 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
St. Pete Beach in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
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.
St. Pete Beach 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.
St. Pete Beach's sunshine is measured 34 km from the centre, at Tampa International Airport.
Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ocho Rios: 1991-2020 normals, Kingston / Norman Manley (61.9 km from centre). St. Pete Beach: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (12.2 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Ocho Rios | St. Pete Beach |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | English, Jamaican Patois | - |
| Currency | Jamaican Dollar (JMD) | US Dollar (USD) |
| Sockets | AB116 V, 50 Hz | AB120 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Left | Right |
| Time zone | UTC-5 | UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer |
| Emergency number | Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110 | 911 |
| Elevation | 59 m | 2 m |
| Main airport | Sangster International Airport (MBJ)86 km from centre48 non-stop destinations | St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)21 km from centre60 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 10 days | 11 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Ocho Rios | St. Pete Beach |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 16,671 | 8,879 |
| People per km² | - | 173 |
| Museums within 10 km | 0 | 2 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 12 months | 8 months |
Where else could you go?
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