Climate averages 1991–2020
Kingston weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Kingston: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Portmore (10 km away). In December its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Kingston, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Jamaica, Kingston ranks joint 2nd of 4 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 4 cities is 28.6°C; Kingston is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Kingston climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 26 | 7.5 | 11.211 h |
| February | 28.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 21 | 7.0 | 11.512 h |
| March | 29.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 33 | 7.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 36 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| May | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 102 | 14.5 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 72 | 11.5 | 13.213 h |
| July | 32.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 53 | 9.9 | 13.113 h |
| August | 32.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 82 | 13.8 | 12.713 h |
| September | 31.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 124 | 18.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 144 | 21.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 79 | 13.2 | 11.311 h |
| December, selected | 28.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 41 | 9.3 | 11.111 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Portmore in DecemberJamaica · 10 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Spanish Town in DecemberJamaica · 17 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Montego Bay in DecemberJamaica · 130 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in DecemberCuba · 247 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Palma Soriano in DecemberCuba · 260 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Contramaestre in DecemberCuba · 262 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in DecemberCuba · 263 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Bayamo in DecemberCuba · 265 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 28 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kingston) is explained once on the Kingston year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.