Costa del Sol vs Ocho Rios

Ikos Andalusia's outdoor bar terrace features woven pendant lamps, bar seating, and tall palm trees with pink flowering plants in foreground.

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.

Costa del Sol 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.

By the numbers

Costa del Sol compared with Ocho Rios
Costa del Sol	Measure	Ocho Rios
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
6	Resorts in our catalog	8 (better)
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.5 (better)
$67–$526/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$117–$475/night pp
0 of 6	Adults-only resorts	5 of 8
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
November–March	Rainy season	May–June and September–November; the rain is why it's this green
June and September; July–August is hottest and busiest	Sweet spot	December–April
Málaga (AGP), most resorts 20–60 min west along the coast	Airport	Sangster (MBJ) ~90 min, or Ian Fleming (OCJ) for small aircraft
Sun with Andalusia attached; day trips to Granada, Seville and Ronda	Best for	Waterfalls + gardens + excursions; couples classics

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

Costa del Sol

Ocho Rios

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Costa del Sol and Ocho Rios
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Costa del Sol · high °F	63	64	67	70	75	81	86	86	82	75	68	64
Ocho Rios · high °F	82	82	83	84	86	88	88	88	88	87	85	83
Costa del Sol · rain (in)	2.7	2.3	1.9	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.9	2.2	3.7	3.9
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 Málaga and Ocho Rios / St. Ann: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.