Montego Bay vs Philippines

Beachfront dining area at JOIA Rose Hall by Iberostar with wooden tables, white chairs, cream umbrellas, and a tall palm tree, with the resort building and bar in the background.

Turquoise pool with wooden deck and loungers overlooks limestone cliffs and traditional bungalows at El Nido Resorts Miniloc Island.

Montego Bay and Philippines, 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.

Montego Bay guide · Philippines guide · How we score

By the numbers

Montego Bay compared with Philippines
Montego Bay	Measure	Philippines
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
7 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	4
★ 4.5	Average guest rating	★ 4.7 (better)
$120–$210/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$170–$628/night pp
4 of 7	Adults-only resorts	0 of 4
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
May–June and September–November, mostly short afternoon bursts	Rainy season	June–November
December–April	Sweet spot	January–April
~3–4h from the US East Coast	Flight time	~15–20h+ from the US, with at least one stop

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

Montego Bay

Philippines

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Montego Bay and Philippines
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Montego Bay · high °F	82	82	83	84	86	88	88	88	88	87	85	83
Philippines · high °F	86	87	88	90	91	90	88	88	88	88	88	86
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
Philippines · rain (in)	4.0	3.0	2.5	2.0	3.5	6.5	7.0	6.0	6.5	7.5	6.5	5.5

Approximate climate normals for Montego Bay / Rose Hall and Cebu / Mactan: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.