Negril vs Rodney Bay

Swim-up bar with bartender serving drinks in resort pool surrounded by white cabanas, palm trees, and high-rise buildings under clear sky.

Clear blue lap pool with lane divider, wooden pergola, and lush tropical vegetation surrounding East Winds resort under bright sky.

Negril and Rodney Bay, 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

Negril compared with Rodney Bay
Negril	Measure	Rodney Bay
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
6	Resorts in our catalog	7 (better)
★ 4.5 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$127–$258/night pp	Nightly rates	$89–$480/night pp (better)
3 of 6	Adults-only resorts	1 of 7
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
May–June and September–November	Rainy season	June–November, heaviest September–October
December–April, with a sunset every night of the year	Sweet spot	December–April
Seven Mile Beach + Bloody Bay; cliffs on the West End	The beach	Reduit Beach, the island's calmest, most swimmable strand
Beach purists, couples, long unhurried stays	Best for	First St. Lucia trips, families, walk-to-dinner travelers

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

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Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Negril and Rodney Bay
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Negril · high °F	83	83	84	85	87	89	89	89	88	87	86	84
Rodney Bay · high °F	84	84	85	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	86	84
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
Rodney Bay · 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 Seven Mile Beach and Rodney Bay / Gros Islet: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.