Climate averages 1991–2020
Kingston weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Kingston: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 11 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Portmore (10 km away). In January its highs average 28.2°C, about as warm as Kingston, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Jamaica, Kingston ranks joint 2nd of 4 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 4 cities is 28.4°C; Kingston is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Portmore in JanuaryJamaica · 10 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Spanish Town in JanuaryJamaica · 17 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Montego Bay in JanuaryJamaica · 130 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in JanuaryCuba · 247 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Palma Soriano in JanuaryCuba · 260 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Contramaestre in JanuaryCuba · 262 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in JanuaryCuba · 263 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Bayamo in JanuaryCuba · 265 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.0°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.