Canary Islands vs Montego Bay

Illuminated pools with striped umbrellas and loungers at Bahia Principe Fantasia Tenerife, multi-story resort buildings at dusk.

Canary Islands15 resorts · ★ 4.6 average

Beachfront dining area at JOIA Rose Hall by Iberostar with wooden tables, white chairs, cream umbrellas, and a tall palm tree, with the resort building and bar in the background.

Canary Islands and Montego Bay, 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.

By the numbers

Canary Islands compared with Montego Bay
Canary Islands	Measure	Montego Bay
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
15 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	11
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.5
$83–$260/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$120–$822/night pp
3 of 15	Adults-only resorts	6 of 11
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
November–February, lightly, and mostly on the north coasts	Rainy season	May–June and September–November, mostly short afternoon bursts
Year-round; December–March is when the islands earn their keep, and summer is the value season	Sweet spot	December–April
Winter sun, a spring-like year-round climate, big well-run resorts	Best for	Short transfers, golf, first Jamaica trips

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

Canary Islands

Montego Bay

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Canary Islands and Montego Bay
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Canary Islands · high °F	70	71	73	74	76	79	83	84	82	79	75	71
Montego Bay · high °F	82	82	83	84	86	88	88	88	88	87	85	83
Canary Islands · rain (in)	1.2	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.1	1.3
Montego Bay · rain (in)	0.9	0.6	0.6	1.1	4.0	3.5	2.4	3.5	5.1	7.1	3.0	1.5

Approximate climate normals for Tenerife South and Montego Bay / Rose Hall: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.