Crete vs Jamaica

Outdoor dining area with white sail shade canopies over wicker chairs and tables, black support columns, and sea views beyond.

Two-story beachfront resort building with white columns and balconies, lounge chairs and umbrellas on sandy beach, palm trees, and pool visible.

Crete and Jamaica, 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

Crete compared with Jamaica
Crete	Measure	Jamaica
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
16	Resorts in our catalog	23 (better)
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.5
$64–$2113/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$117–$430/night pp
5 of 16	Adults-only resorts	14 of 23
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
November–February	Rainy season	May–June and September–November, mostly short afternoon bursts
June and September; July–August is hottest and busiest	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

Crete

Jamaica

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Crete and Jamaica
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Crete · high °F	60	61	64	69	76	83	85	85	81	74	68	62
Jamaica · high °F	82	82	83	84	86	88	88	88	88	87	85	83
Crete · rain (in)	3.5	3.0	2.2	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.8	2.7	2.3	3.0
Jamaica · 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 Crete (north coast) and Montego Bay: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.