• Jamaica Guide

  • Introduction to Jamaica
  • Weather
  • Things not to miss
  • Entry requirements
  • Money
  • Getting around
  • Public Holidays

• Explore Jamaica

  • Kingston
  • Around Kingston
  • The Blue Mountains and Portland
  • Ocho Rios and around
  • Western Jamaica
  • Around Montego Bay
  • Negril
  • Around Negril
  • The south coast

• Cities

  • Kingston
    
  • Montego Bay
    

Jamaica Guide

Money

Jamaica's unit of currency is the Jamaican dollar (J$), divided into 100 cents. It comes in bills of J$1000, J$500, J$100, J$50 and J$20, and coins of J$20, J$10 and J$5. The J$100 and J$1000 bills look alarmingly similar.