Climate averages 1991–2020
Kingston weather
in February.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Kingston: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Portmore (10 km away). In February its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Kingston, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Jamaica, Kingston ranks 2nd of 4 for the warmest February highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 4 cities is 28.9°C; Kingston is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 33 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Portmore in FebruaryJamaica · 10 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Spanish Town in FebruaryJamaica · 17 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Montego Bay in FebruaryJamaica · 130 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in FebruaryCuba · 247 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Palma Soriano in FebruaryCuba · 260 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Contramaestre in FebruaryCuba · 262 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in FebruaryCuba · 263 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 20.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Bayamo in FebruaryCuba · 265 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 20 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.