Antigua vs Negril

Aerial view of Hammock Cove Antigua with pools, beach loungers, wooden pier, and turquoise water with moored floats.

Swim-up bar with bartender serving drinks in resort pool surrounded by white cabanas, palm trees, and high-rise buildings under clear sky.

Antigua and Negril, side by side: live travel advisories, our resort catalog's real guest data, and each destination's honest weather picture. Everything you need to break the tie.

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By the numbers

Antigua compared with Negril
Antigua	Measure	Negril
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
8 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	6
★ 4.5	Average guest rating	★ 4.5 (better)
$332–$1179/night pp	Nightly rates	$127–$258/night pp (better)
6 of 8	Adults-only resorts	3 of 6
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
September–November	Rainy season	May–June and September–November
December–April	Sweet spot	December–April, with a sunset every night of the year

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country. A marked row is one we are willing to call; rows without a mark are a matter of taste, or we have no comparable figure for both sides.

On the map

Antigua

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Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Antigua and Negril
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Antigua · high °F	82	82	83	84	86	87	87	88	88	87	85	83
Negril · high °F	83	83	84	85	87	89	89	89	88	87	86	84
Antigua · rain (in)	2.6	1.7	1.7	2.4	3.6	2.5	3.0	3.9	4.9	5.5	5.5	3.5
Negril · rain (in)	0.8	0.6	0.7	1.3	4.2	3.8	2.6	3.8	5.5	7.0	3.2	1.4

Approximate climate normals for Island-wide and Seven Mile Beach: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.