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The limestone terraces of Dunn's River Falls, Ocho Rios
Ocho RiosThe limestone terraces of Dunn's River Falls
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Ocho Rios by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Ocho Rios or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Ocho Rios leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Ocho Rios 42, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 56 points.
Culture & sights. Ocho Rios 16, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 68 points.
Nightlife. Ocho Rios 28, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ocho Rios 72, Tokyo 68: Ocho Rios leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Ocho Rios 56, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Ocho Rios 60, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Ocho Rios 24, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 74 points.
Shopping & style. Ocho Rios 26, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 73 points.
Affordability. Ocho Rios 42, Tokyo 48: Tokyo leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ocho Rios 14, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 72 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ocho Rios 50, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ocho Rios and Tokyo.

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.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on getting around and shopping 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOcho RiosTokyo
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican PatoisJapanese
CurrencyJamaican Dollar (JMD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB116 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110Police 110, fire 119
Elevation59 m6 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)86 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureOcho RiosTokyo
City population16,67114,264,798
People per km²-6,501
Museums within 10 km0192
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. 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.