Kos vs Negril

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

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Kos 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

Kos compared with Negril
Kos	Measure	Negril
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
2	Resorts in our catalog	7 (better)
★ 4.8 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.5
$177–$857/night pp	Nightly rates	$127–$490/night pp (better)
0 of 2	Adults-only resorts	3 of 7
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
November–March	Rainy season	May–June and September–November
June and September; July–August is hottest and windiest	Sweet spot	December–April, with a sunset every night of the year
Kos (KGS), in the centre of the island; most resorts are 10–30 min away	Airport	Sangster (MBJ), ~75–90 min transfer
A straightforward beach week, cycling, short transfers, a day in Turkey	Best for	Beach purists, couples, long unhurried stays

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

Negril

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Kos and Negril
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
Negril · high °F	83	83	84	85	87	89	89	89	88	87	86	84
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
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 Kos and Seven Mile Beach: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.