Kos vs Montego Bay

Pool deck with loungers overlooking a bay, white modern building, and dining area at Mitsis Selection Blue Domes under blue sky.

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

Kos 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

Kos compared with Montego Bay
Kos	Measure	Montego Bay
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
2	Resorts in our catalog	14 (better)
★ 4.8 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.6
$177–$857/night pp	Nightly rates	$120–$822/night pp (better)
0 of 2	Adults-only resorts	8 of 14
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
November–March	Rainy season	May–June and September–November, mostly short afternoon bursts
June and September; July–August is hottest and windiest	Sweet spot	December–April
Kos (KGS), in the centre of the island; most resorts are 10–30 min away	Airport	Sangster (MBJ), most resorts 10–30 min
A straightforward beach week, cycling, short transfers, a day in Turkey	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

Kos

Montego Bay

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Kos and Montego Bay
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kos · high °F	59	59	63	68	76	84	88	88	83	76	68	61
Montego Bay · high °F	82	82	83	84	86	88	88	88	88	87	85	83
Kos · rain (in)	5.0	3.4	2.4	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.1	3.6	5.8
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 Kos and Montego Bay / Rose Hall: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.