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Best time to visit Kingston

January is the best time to visit Kingston for general sightseeing, with average highs of 28 °C and about 7 wet days. The comfortable season runs roughly December to April.

It depends what you are going for

One month rarely wins on everything. These are the best months on each measure taken on its own.

If you want Best month On that measure
Sightseeing and walking January comfort 74/100
A beach holiday January sea 27 °C
The least cloud February 31 % average cloud cover
The least rain February 26 mm
Warmth July 31 °C
Cooler weather January 28 °C

Ranked by comfort

# Month Comfort / 100 Avg high Wet days Beach
1 January 74 28 °C 7 90
2 February 74 28 °C 8 89
3 March 71 29 °C 9 86
4 December 71 28 °C 9 85
5 April 66 29 °C 10 82
6 November 62 29 °C 13 74
7 May 56 30 °C 14 71
8 June 56 30 °C 12 74
9 July 55 31 °C 11 73
10 August 51 31 °C 14 65
11 October 49 29 °C 21 68
12 September 49 30 °C 18 65

For a beach holiday

January scores highest, with a sea temperature of 27 °C and air temperatures around 28 °C. The sea never reaches 20 °C here.

Month Sea Air Sunshine Beach score
January 27 °C 28 °C 35 % 90
February 27 °C 28 °C 31 % 89
March 27 °C 29 °C 33 % 86
April 28 °C 29 °C 37 % 82
May 28 °C 30 °C 55 % 71
June 28 °C 30 °C 62 % 74
July 29 °C 31 °C 51 % 73
August 29 °C 31 °C 56 % 65
September 29 °C 30 °C 61 % 65
October 29 °C 29 °C 64 % 68
November 29 °C 29 °C 52 % 74
December 28 °C 28 °C 41 % 85

When to think twice

September scores lowest with about 18 wet days and highs near 30 °C. That does not make it a bad month — it depends entirely on what you are travelling for. The numbers are all here; the judgement is yours.

The full year

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 %

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: comfort score, beach score, season boundaries. 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.