Ocho Rios vs Soufrière & South St. Lucia

Curved pool with blue water surrounded by lounge chairs and palm trees, white gazebo in center, multi-story resort buildings with red-tiled roofs in background.

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

Ocho Rios 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

Ocho Rios compared with Soufrière & South St. Lucia
Ocho Rios	Measure	Soufrière & South St. Lucia
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
8 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	5
★ 4.5	Average guest rating	★ 4.6 (better)
$117–$475/night pp	Nightly rates	$116–$810/night pp (better)
5 of 8	Adults-only resorts	4 of 5
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
May–June and September–November; the rain is why it's this green	Rainy season	June–November, heaviest September–October
December–April	Sweet spot	December–April
Sangster (MBJ) ~90 min, or Ian Fleming (OCJ) for small aircraft	Airport	Hewanorra (UVF) at Vieux Fort: Soufrière 45–60 min, the Vieux Fort resorts 5–10 min
Waterfalls + gardens + excursions; couples classics	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

Ocho Rios

Soufrière & South St. Lucia

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Ocho Rios and Soufrière & South St. Lucia
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Ocho Rios · 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
Ocho Rios · rain (in)	1.5	1.2	1.2	1.8	4.5	4.0	3.0	4.2	5.5	7.5	4.0	2.2
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 Ocho Rios / St. Ann 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.