Ocho Rios vs 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.

Ocho Rios and 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.

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By the numbers

Ocho Rios compared with St. Lucia
Ocho Rios	Measure	St. Lucia
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
7	Resorts in our catalog	16 (better)
★ 4.5 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.5
$117–$430/night pp	Nightly rates	$89–$810/night pp (better)
5 of 7	Adults-only resorts	8 of 16
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

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

St. Lucia

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Ocho Rios and 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
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
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 Northwest coast (Rodney Bay–Soufrière): planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.