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Montego Bay vs Tanzania

Montego Bay and Tanzania, 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 · Tanzania guide · How we score

By the numbers

Montego BayTanzania
U.S. travel advisoryLevel 2: Exercise Increased CautionLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
Resorts in our catalog21
Average guest rating★ 4.5★ 4.7
Nightly rates—$800+
Adults-only resorts0 of 20 of 1
Hurricane exposureIn the hurricane beltNo hurricane season
Rainy seasonMay–June and September–November, mostly short afternoon burstsLong rains mid-March–May (April is seriously wet), short rains November
Sweet spotDecember–AprilJune–October and December–February
Flight time~3–4h from the US East Coast~16–19h+ from the US, with a connection

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country.

Weather, month by month

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Montego Bay — high °F828283848688888888878583
Tanzania — high °F899090878484838384868889
Montego Bay — rain (in)0.90.60.61.14.03.52.43.55.17.13.01.5
Tanzania — rain (in)3.02.45.915.37.81.91.11.42.03.58.05.5

Approximate climate normals for Montego Bay / Rose Hall and Zanzibar — planning guidance, not a forecast.

Where you'd actually stay

Best of Montego Bay

  1. 1.S Hotel Montego Bay — · ★ 4.6
  2. 2.Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall — · ★ 4.4

Chains here: S Hotel Jamaica · Hyatt Ziva

Full Montego Bay guide

Best of Tanzania

  1. 1.Baraza Resort & Spa — Bwejuu Beach, Zanzibar, Tanzania · ★ 4.7

Chains here: The Zanzibar Collection

Full Tanzania guide

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