Kenya vs Negril

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Kenya 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.

By the numbers

Kenya compared with Negril
Kenya	Measure	Negril
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
16 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	14
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.5 (better)
$75–$274/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$127–$490/night pp
0 of 16	Adults-only resorts	8 of 14
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
Long rains April–May, short rains October–November	Rainy season	May–June and September–November
December–March and July–September (the latter pairs with Masai Mara migration season)	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

Kenya

Negril

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Kenya and Negril
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kenya · high °F	90	91	91	88	84	83	82	82	84	86	88	89
Negril · high °F	83	83	84	85	87	89	89	89	88	87	86	84
Kenya · rain (in)	1.0	0.7	2.5	6.1	9.3	3.4	2.8	2.5	2.6	3.4	3.8	2.4
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 Diani / Mombasa coast and Seven Mile Beach: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.