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The limestone terraces of Dunn's River Falls, Ocho Rios
Ocho RiosThe limestone terraces of Dunn's River Falls
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

Photos: Ocho Rios by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Ocho Rios or Ubud?

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
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Ubud for

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Ubud’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, Ubud 38: Ocho Rios leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Ocho Rios 42, Ubud 60: Ubud leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Ocho Rios 16, Ubud 58: Ubud leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Ocho Rios 28, Ubud 15: Ocho Rios leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ocho Rios 72, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Ocho Rios 56, Ubud 72: Ubud leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Ocho Rios 60, Ubud 48: Ocho Rios leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Ocho Rios 24, Ubud 10: Ocho Rios leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Ocho Rios 26, Ubud 52: Ubud leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Ocho Rios 42, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ocho Rios 14, Ubud 47: Ubud leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ocho Rios 50, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ocho Rios and Ubud.

Your match

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

Ocho Rios
42match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Ubud
Best match
55match

Wins on wellness 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

Ubud in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
110 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Ocho RiosUbud

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.

Ubud's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai.

Ubud's station stands 209 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Ubud 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). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOcho RiosUbud
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican PatoisIndonesian
CurrencyJamaican Dollar (JMD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB116 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110112
Elevation59 m210 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)86 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureOcho RiosUbud
City population16,671-
Museums within 10 km014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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.