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Jamaica Montego Bay. Photo: Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Jamaica Montego Bay

Kitesurf spot · Jamaica

Is it worth the trip?

0Poor out of 100 for your dates

Usually stay home

Every day scores the same, usually

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The spot in five facts

  • Faces NWopen to the NW
  • Best wind: NE or SWalong the shore
  • Avoid: SEblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 29 °Cno wetsuit

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual kitesurf conditions at Jamaica Montego Bay, each day of your trip
DayWindAir
Mon 2to 8usuallyE 7 kn29°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Map

the spot, its town, photos

Each place wears how it usually is on these dates, from past years' weather: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Jamaica Montego Bay

Montego bay 2026 down town
Photo: Goga504, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Montego Bay - Ministry of Labour building - panoramio
Near Jamaica Montego Bay. Photo: andreyss, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Montego Bay - Sam Sharpe (National Hero) Monument - panoramio
Near Jamaica Montego Bay. Photo: andreyss, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Jamaica Montego Bay

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces NW, so wind from the SE blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 29°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing NW. Wind from the NW blows onshore, wind from the SE blows out to sea, and wind from the NE or SW runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 4). The sea is about 27°C in February, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in July, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Montego Bay. Within 5 km we also list 4 dive sites.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$663–US$1,250 each

about US$663–US$1,250 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to MBJ, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$248–US$509
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$33
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$188–US$315
Food7 days eating outabout US$208–US$389
Totalabout US$663–US$1,250

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Montego Bay

Closest

Montego Bay

1 min by car · 44 places to stay

about US$67/nightcountry average

See 44 places to stay in Montego Bay · Booking.com

About Montego Bay its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$67 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 7h 55m

About 7h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → MBJ, direct, then 25 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.