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Georgetown vs Montego Bay

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Under balanced weights Montego Bay edges it, 57 to 53, winning 6 of the 9 factors. Georgetown is stronger on nothing outright; Montego Bay on visa ease, internet. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Safety: 5.8 of 53 points (scores 47/100)Healthcare: 7.0 of 53 points (scores 56/100)Internet: 6.3 of 53 points (scores 50/100)Visa ease: 5.8 of 53 points (scores 46/100)Getting there & around: 5.3 of 53 points (scores 43/100)Climate: 5.2 of 53 points (scores 42/100)Air quality: 10.1 of 53 points (scores 81/100)Quality of life: 7.5 of 53 points (scores 60/100)53
Georgetown
out of 100

Guyana's wooden colonial capital, booming on offshore oil

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Cost of living: 4.5 of 57 points (scores 41/100)Safety: 4.1 of 57 points (scores 37/100)Healthcare: 7.0 of 57 points (scores 63/100)Internet: 7.1 of 57 points (scores 64/100)Visa ease: 6.7 of 57 points (scores 61/100)Getting there & around: 5.4 of 57 points (scores 49/100)Climate: 5.6 of 57 points (scores 50/100)Air quality: 8.9 of 57 points (scores 80/100)Quality of life: 7.1 of 57 points (scores 64/100)57
Montego Bay
out of 100

Jamaica's resort capital with the island's main airport

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricGeorgetownMontego Bay
Cost of livingno data41
Safety47 ✓37
Healthcare5663 ✓
Internet5064 ✓
Visa ease4661 ✓
Getting there & around4349 ✓
Climate4250 ✓
Air quality81 ✓80
Quality of life6064 ✓

Cost

MetricGeorgetownMontego Bay
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one cityno data$1,639
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricGeorgetownMontego Bay
Homicides per 100k14.08 ✓40.36
Political stability (0–100)69.275.1 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)7374 ✓
Life expectancy66.1 yrs70.1 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricGeorgetownMontego Bay
Download13.7 Mbps26.8 Mbps ✓
Upload5 Mbps14 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricGeorgetownMontego Bay
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport90 days180 days ✓
Entry, EU passport90 days90 days
Entry, UK passport90 days90 days

Getting there and around

MetricGeorgetownMontego Bay
Non-stop airport destinations1649 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)3 ✓2
Transit (1–5, editorial)22

Climate and air

MetricGeorgetownMontego Bay
Comfortable months per year56 ✓
Annual mean PM2.513.6 µg/m³ ✓13.8 µg/m³

✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Georgetown or Montego Bay?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Georgetown or Montego Bay safer?
Georgetown scores higher on safety (47 vs 37), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Georgetown or Montego Bay?
Montego Bay: a measured median of 26.8 Mbps versus 13.7 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

More comparisons

Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Digital Nomad Visas 2026; Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population (national data, latest year); UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); SatPM2.5 satellite-derived annual PM2.5 (V6.GL.02.04); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations); WhereNext city cost estimates 2026 (city pages); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.