Antigua vs Ocho Rios

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

Curved pool with blue water surrounded by lounge chairs and palm trees, white gazebo in center, multi-story resort buildings with red-tiled roofs in background.

Antigua and Ocho Rios, 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 Ocho Rios
Antigua	Measure	Ocho Rios
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
8 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	7
★ 4.5	Average guest rating	★ 4.5 (better)
$332–$1179/night pp	Nightly rates	$117–$430/night pp (better)
6 of 8	Adults-only resorts	5 of 7
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
September–November	Rainy season	May–June and September–November; the rain is why it's this green
December–April	Sweet spot	December–April

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

Ocho Rios

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Antigua and Ocho Rios
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
Ocho Rios · high °F	82	82	83	84	86	88	88	88	88	87	85	83
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
Ocho Rios · rain (in)	1.5	1.2	1.2	1.8	4.5	4.0	3.0	4.2	5.5	7.5	4.0	2.2

Approximate climate normals for Island-wide and Ocho Rios / St. Ann: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.