Montego Bay vs Soufrière & South St. Lucia

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

Private villa courtyard at Serenity at Coconut Bay with turquoise plunge pool, loungers, and pink cottage beyond palm trees.

Soufrière & South St. Lucia5 resorts · ★ 4.6 average

Montego Bay and Soufrière & South St. Lucia, 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

Montego Bay compared with Soufrière & South St. Lucia
Montego Bay	Measure	Soufrière & South St. Lucia
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
14 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	5
★ 4.6	Average guest rating	★ 4.6 (better)
$120–$822/night pp	Nightly rates	$116–$810/night pp (better)
8 of 14	Adults-only resorts	4 of 5
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
May–June and September–November, mostly short afternoon bursts	Rainy season	June–November, heaviest September–October
December–April	Sweet spot	December–April
Sangster (MBJ), most resorts 10–30 min	Airport	Hewanorra (UVF) at Vieux Fort: Soufrière 45–60 min, the Vieux Fort resorts 5–10 min
Short transfers, golf, first Jamaica trips	Best for	Honeymoons, the view, snorkelling off Anse Chastanet, a resort beside the airport

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

Soufrière & South St. Lucia

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Montego Bay and Soufrière & South St. Lucia
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
Soufrière & South St. Lucia · high °F	84	84	85	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	86	84
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
Soufrière & South St. Lucia · rain (in)	3.7	2.6	2.4	3.4	4.4	7.5	8.1	8.9	8.4	9.2	7.7	5.2

Approximate climate normals for Montego Bay / Rose Hall and Hewanorra (Vieux Fort); the hills above Soufrière run wetter: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.