Kingston climate

Name: Kingston
Address: NF

Kingston is warmest in February, with average highs of 23 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 16 °C. June is the wettest month (92 mm) and November the driest (47 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kingston averages 823 mm of rain and 0 days above 25 °C.

Norfolk Island · population 880 · 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 February 23 °C
Coldest month August 16 °C
Driest month November 47 mm
Wettest month June 92 mm
Least cloud August 48 % cloud
Hottest on record January 26 °C
Coldest on record August 11 °C
Warmest sea February 24 °C

What to expectKingston through the year

Kingston has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in August to 23 °C in February, a swing of 5.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 0 days a year reach 25 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 26 °C, in January.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 47 mm in November to 92 mm in June. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Kingston is warmest in February at 24 °C and coldest in August at 19 °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	22.5 °C	59 mm	56 %
February	23.0 °C	70 mm	58 %
March	22.5 °C	78 mm	58 %
April	21.5 °C	66 mm	55 %
May	20.2 °C	81 mm	57 %
June	18.9 °C	92 mm	57 %
July	18.0 °C	83 mm	53 %
August	17.6 °C	67 mm	48 %
September	17.9 °C	53 mm	49 %
October	18.6 °C	51 mm	55 %
November	19.7 °C	47 mm	55 %
December	21.3 °C	75 mm	59 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low
January	22.5 °C	21.4 °C	21.9 °C	25.6 °C	17.8 °C
February	23.0 °C	22.0 °C	22.5 °C	25.6 °C	18.9 °C
March	22.5 °C	21.5 °C	22.0 °C	25.3 °C	18.8 °C
April	21.5 °C	20.4 °C	20.9 °C	24.2 °C	17.1 °C
May	20.2 °C	18.9 °C	19.6 °C	23.4 °C	15.9 °C
June	18.9 °C	17.6 °C	18.2 °C	21.9 °C	14.3 °C
July	18.0 °C	16.6 °C	17.3 °C	21.3 °C	12.8 °C
August	17.6 °C	16.2 °C	16.9 °C	20.3 °C	11.4 °C
September	17.9 °C	16.7 °C	17.3 °C	21.3 °C	13.2 °C
October	18.6 °C	17.4 °C	18.0 °C	21.7 °C	13.7 °C
November	19.7 °C	18.6 °C	19.1 °C	22.9 °C	14.1 °C
December	21.3 °C	20.3 °C	20.8 °C	24.4 °C	17.0 °C

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	59 mm	6	14 h/day	56 %	77 %	30 km/h	23.2 °C
February	70 mm	7	13 h/day	58 %	78 %	31 km/h	23.7 °C
March	78 mm	8	12 h/day	58 %	75 %	32 km/h	23.6 °C
April	66 mm	7	11 h/day	55 %	73 %	30 km/h	22.9 °C
May	81 mm	9	11 h/day	57 %	71 %	33 km/h	21.6 °C
June	92 mm	10	10 h/day	57 %	70 %	34 km/h	20.4 °C
July	83 mm	9	10 h/day	53 %	69 %	35 km/h	19.4 °C
August	67 mm	8	11 h/day	48 %	69 %	33 km/h	18.9 °C
September	53 mm	7	12 h/day	49 %	71 %	32 km/h	19.0 °C
October	51 mm	6	13 h/day	55 %	72 %	30 km/h	19.6 °C
November	47 mm	6	14 h/day	55 %	73 %	28 km/h	20.7 °C
December	75 mm	7	14 h/day	59 %	76 %	28 km/h	22.1 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Kingston.

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. May, November, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, February is the warmest month and November the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Kingston get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 23 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 26 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 16 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kingston?

June, averaging 92 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is November with 47 mm. The year as a whole averages 823 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: -29.055°, 167.966° (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.