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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 reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Ocho Rios by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Ocho Rios or The Hague?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose The Hague for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: Ocho Rios leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Ocho Rios 42, The Hague 48: The Hague leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Ocho Rios 16, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Ocho Rios 28, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ocho Rios 72, The Hague 52: Ocho Rios leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Ocho Rios 56, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Ocho Rios 60, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Ocho Rios 24, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Ocho Rios 26, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Ocho Rios 42, The Hague 35: Ocho Rios leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ocho Rios 14, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ocho Rios 50, The Hague 45: Ocho Rios leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ocho Rios and The Hague.

Your match

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

Ocho Rios
42match

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

The Hague
Best match
56match

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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Ocho RiosThe Hague

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.

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ocho Rios: 1991-2020 normals, Kingston / Norman Manley (61.9 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOcho RiosThe Hague
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican PatoisDutch
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 m1 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)86 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureOcho RiosThe Hague
City population16,671548,320
People per km²-5,589
Museums within 10 km054
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.