Negril vs South Africa

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

Negril and South Africa, 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.

Negril guide · South Africa guide · How we score

By the numbers

Negril compared with South Africa
Negril	Measure	South Africa
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
6 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	0
★ 4.5	Average guest rating	–
$127–$258/night pp	Nightly rates	–
3 of 6	Adults-only resorts	0 of 0
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
May–June and September–November	Rainy season	November–March (southern-hemisphere summer thunderstorms)
December–April, with a sunset every night of the year	Sweet spot	April–September for dry, mild weather; also prime safari season inland

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

Negril

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South Africa

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Negril and South Africa
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
South Africa · high °F	82	83	82	79	77	74	73	74	75	77	79	81
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
South Africa · rain (in)	5.3	4.8	4.8	2.9	2.2	1.1	1.5	1.9	2.9	4.3	4.8	4.0

Approximate climate normals for Seven Mile Beach and KwaZulu-Natal coast (Durban): planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.