Mauritius vs Ocho Rios

Circular fire pit on wooden deck with palm trees and ocean-view infinity pool beyond at Ambre, A Sunlife Resort.

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.

Mauritius 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.

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By the numbers

Mauritius compared with Ocho Rios
Mauritius	Measure	Ocho Rios
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
18 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	7
★ 4.5 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.5
$147–$303/night pp	Nightly rates	$117–$430/night pp (better)
5 of 18	Adults-only resorts	5 of 7
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
January–March	Rainy season	May–June and September–November; the rain is why it's this green
May–November (cooler, dry, cyclone-free)	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

Mauritius

Ocho Rios

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Mauritius and Ocho Rios
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mauritius · high °F	86	86	86	84	81	78	77	77	79	81	83	85
Ocho Rios · high °F	82	82	83	84	86	88	88	88	88	87	85	83
Mauritius · rain (in)	10.4	11.0	9.4	5.0	3.8	2.6	2.3	2.5	1.4	1.6	1.9	6.7
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 Island-wide and Ocho Rios / St. Ann: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.