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The limestone terraces of Dunn's River Falls, Ocho Rios
Ocho RiosThe limestone terraces of Dunn's River Falls
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Ocho Rios by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Ocho Rios or York?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose York for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: Ocho Rios leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Ocho Rios and York are level on 42.
Culture & sights. Ocho Rios 16, York 70: York leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Ocho Rios 28, York 36: York leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ocho Rios 72, York 62: Ocho Rios leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Ocho Rios 56, York 80: York leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Ocho Rios and York are level on 60.
Getting around. Ocho Rios 24, York 72: York leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Ocho Rios 26, York 46: York leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Ocho Rios 42, York 38: Ocho Rios leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ocho Rios 14, York 38: York leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ocho Rios 50, York 34: Ocho Rios leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ocho Rios and York.

Your match

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

Ocho Rios
42match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

York
Best match
49match

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

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Ocho RiosYork

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.

York 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.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ocho Rios: 1991-2020 normals, Kingston / Norman Manley (61.9 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOcho RiosYork
Official languageEnglish, Jamaican PatoisEnglish
CurrencyJamaican Dollar (JMD)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAB116 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110112 or 999
Elevation59 m25 m
Main airportSangster International Airport (MBJ)86 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureOcho RiosYork
City population16,671208,400
People per km²-766
Museums within 10 km024
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.