Kingston climate

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Kingston is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 21 °C. October is the wettest month (145 mm) and February the driest (26 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kingston averages 895 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

Jamaica · population 937,700 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 31 °C
Coldest month February 21 °C
Driest month February 26 mm
Wettest month October 145 mm
Least cloud February 31 % cloud
Hottest on record June 36 °C
Coldest on record March 16 °C
Warmest sea September 29 °C

What to expectKingston through the year

Kingston has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in February to 31 °C in July, a swing of 3.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 121 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 145 mm against 26 mm in February — 5.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Kingston is warmest in September at 29 °C and coldest in February at 27 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.9 °C	28 mm	35 %
February	28.2 °C	26 mm	31 %
March	28.7 °C	38 mm	33 %
April	29.4 °C	41 mm	37 %
May	29.6 °C	104 mm	55 %
June	30.2 °C	80 mm	62 %
July	31.0 °C	72 mm	51 %
August	31.0 °C	93 mm	56 %
September	30.3 °C	134 mm	61 %
October	29.2 °C	145 mm	64 %
November	28.6 °C	86 mm	52 %
December	28.0 °C	47 mm	41 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.9 °C	21.6 °C	24.3 °C	32.3 °C	17.0 °C	31	1
February	28.2 °C	21.5 °C	24.4 °C	31.6 °C	17.3 °C	28	1
March	28.7 °C	21.7 °C	24.9 °C	31.6 °C	16.1 °C	31	3
April	29.4 °C	22.5 °C	25.7 °C	32.9 °C	18.8 °C	30	8
May	29.6 °C	23.6 °C	26.3 °C	33.5 °C	17.9 °C	31	12
June	30.2 °C	24.5 °C	27.1 °C	36.0 °C	21.1 °C	30	17
July	31.0 °C	24.6 °C	27.6 °C	34.2 °C	20.9 °C	31	26
August	31.0 °C	24.7 °C	27.6 °C	33.9 °C	21.2 °C	31	25
September	30.3 °C	24.4 °C	27.0 °C	33.7 °C	20.4 °C	30	19
October	29.2 °C	23.9 °C	26.2 °C	32.5 °C	20.0 °C	31	8
November	28.6 °C	23.1 °C	25.4 °C	31.5 °C	18.7 °C	30	2
December	28.0 °C	22.3 °C	24.7 °C	31.1 °C	17.0 °C	31	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	28 mm	7	11 h/day	35 %	80 %	16 km/h	27.3 °C
February	26 mm	8	12 h/day	31 %	78 %	16 km/h	27.0 °C
March	38 mm	9	12 h/day	33 %	77 %	16 km/h	27.1 °C
April	41 mm	10	13 h/day	37 %	77 %	16 km/h	27.6 °C
May	104 mm	14	13 h/day	55 %	80 %	17 km/h	28.1 °C
June	80 mm	12	13 h/day	62 %	80 %	20 km/h	28.3 °C
July	72 mm	11	13 h/day	51 %	77 %	19 km/h	28.6 °C
August	93 mm	14	13 h/day	56 %	79 %	17 km/h	29.0 °C
September	134 mm	18	12 h/day	61 %	83 %	15 km/h	29.4 °C
October	145 mm	21	12 h/day	64 %	85 %	14 km/h	29.2 °C
November	86 mm	13	11 h/day	52 %	83 %	14 km/h	28.7 °C
December	47 mm	9	11 h/day	41 %	82 %	15 km/h	28.0 °C

How Kingston compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Kingston	31 °C	21 °C	895 mm	364
Santiago de Cuba · Cuba	32 °C	21 °C	789 mm	363
Bayamo · Cuba	34 °C	19 °C	1,110 mm	361
Guantánamo · Cuba	34 °C	20 °C	847 mm	364
Holguín · Cuba	33 °C	20 °C	904 mm	353
Las Tunas · Cuba	33 °C	20 °C	1,049 mm	356
Camagüey · Cuba	33 °C	20 °C	963 mm	355

Where Kingston ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in North America in November	27th of 50	29 °C
The warmest places in North America in December	28th of 50	28 °C
The warmest places in North America in January	31st of 50	28 °C
The warmest places in North America in February	37th of 50	28 °C
The warmest places in North America year-round	46th of 50	29 °C
The warmest places in North America in October	47th of 50	29 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Kingston’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kingston?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Kingston get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 121 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 21 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kingston?

October, averaging 145 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is February with 26 mm. The year as a whole averages 895 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Kingston rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 17.997°, -76.794° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.