2.79/5
88 reviews
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Montego Bay

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Montego Bay is a nice friendly place to stay if your a tourist. I like going to the market for fresh vegetables and fruit. There’s a lot of taxis and transportation for cheap If you know where your going and how to count jamaican money. Doctors Cave beach is popular and other community beaches in Montego Bay. There’s a lot of activities to do.

3 years ago

✅ Fast internet

✅ Lots of fun stuff to do

✅ Warm now

✅ Warm all year round

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot

✅ Spacious and not crowded

✅ Easy to do business

✅ High quality of education

✅ Roads are pretty safe

✅ Great freedom of speech

✅ Democratic

✅ Everyone speaks English

✅ Safe for women

✅ Family friendly

✅ Not many people smoke tobacco

✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse

✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)

❌ Very expensive

❌ Not very safe

❌ Very sweaty and humid now

❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here

❌ Hospitals are bad

❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+

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Oct

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Dec

Feels (median)

31°C / 88°F hot

30°C / 86°F warm

29°C / 84°F warm

31°C / 88°F hot

32°C / 90°F hot

34°C / 93°F hot

35°C / 95°F hot

34°C / 93°F hot

32°C / 90°F hot

31°C / 88°F hot

Real (median)

27°C / 81°F
warm

26°C / 79°F
warm

27°C / 81°F
warm

28°C / 82°F
very warm

29°C / 84°F
very warm

28°C / 82°F
very warm

27°C / 81°F
warm

Humidity

sweaty
79%

sweaty
78%

nice
79%

sweaty
79%

sweaty
81%

sweaty
80%

sweaty
81%

sweaty
82%

sweaty
80%

sweaty
81%

sweaty
80%

Most common

☀️ Clear

☔️ Rain

Rain

rainy
54mm

dry
49mm

rainy
75mm

rainy
97mm

rainy
200mm

rainy
153mm

rainy
144mm

rainy
177mm

rainy
216mm

rainy
219mm

rainy
101mm

rainy
59mm

Cloud

pockets
23%

pockets
15%

pockets
17%

pockets
20%

pockets
19%

pockets
27%

pockets
24%

pockets
26%

pockets
23%

pockets
25%

pockets
27%

pockets
20%

Sun

avoid sun
7 UVI

avoid sun
9 UVI

avoid sun
10 UVI

avoid sun
11 UVI

avoid sun
9 UVI

avoid sun
10 UVI

avoid sun
9 UVI

avoid sun
7 UVI

avoid sun
6 UVI

Remote workers

240 people

225 people

233 people

200 people

300 people

320 people

300 people

314 people

267 people

333 people

280 people

267 people

Green is good. Red is bad. Values shown are the medians of all daily highs in a month based on past few years, not necessarily current numbers. Remote worker count is estimated based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members.

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Values shown are estimated visits by traveling remote workers based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Visits to a place are only counted once per year per user, even if they visit more in that year. Visits are also normalized by overall trips added per month on the site, so if site usage goes up or down it does not affect trends. Not all digital nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

The chart below shows visitors by nationality normalized for population size. This means we take all trips logged on Nomads.com, check which country of origin the user is from, then divide that total visit count by the country of origin's population. If we didn't, it'd just show the big countries like US, Brazil and India always on top. Instead, this shows which nationalities worldwide proportionally visit more or less, which is more useful.

⭐️ Total score	2.79/5 (Rank #133) 88 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Okay
👶 Family score	Okay
🎒 Community score	Okay
💵 Cost	🧐 Pricey: $3,252 / mo
📡 Internet	😡 Slow: 13 Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Good
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥵 Hot: 27°C81°F (feels 31°C88°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	🥵 Sweaty: 80%
❄️ % of buildings with AC	🥵 Very low: 15%
👌 Safety	Bad
👩 Safe for women	Okay
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+	Bad
🤮 Food safety*	Good
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Very bad
🎓 Education level*	Mediocre
⚡️ Power grid	Great
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change	Okay
💰 Income level*	Very low: $407 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Great
🚶 Walkability	Bad
🚦 Traffic safety*	Okay
✈️ Airline scores*	Great
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
😄 Happiness*	Okay
🍸 Nightlife	Okay
📶 Free WiFi in city	Okay
🖥 Places to work from	Okay
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Great
🎅 Startup Score	Okay

🌍 Continent	Latin America
🚩 Country	Jamaica
🗓️ Average trip length	7 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	13 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	🌩 27°C 81°F + 🥵 Sweaty (80%) = feels 31°C 88°F
🔌 Power	115V 50Hz
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 1,000 JMD in USD	USD 6.23
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	JMD 10,000 = USD 62
💳 Cashless	💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners)
☕️ Best coffee place	Starbucks
🚰 Tap water	🚫 No, not drinkable
♻️ Return rate	6% of visitors return
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	110,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$4,879 / year
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 71% 👱‍♀️ 29%
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed	Yes
⛪️ Religious government	Non-religious
🏠 Apartment listings	FlipKey
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	Caribbean Airlines

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$3,252 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$1,565 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$2,131 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$609 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$3,453 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$3,634 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$1,038 / month
🏠 Median home price	$280,159
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$162 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$119 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$222 / month
🍛 Dinner	$5
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$1
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$2
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$4
👩‍🏫 International school	$1,027 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	$6 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$11 / trip