Climate averages 1991–2020
Kingston weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Kingston: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 58 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Portmore (10 km away). In May its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Kingston, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Jamaica, Kingston ranks 2nd of 4 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 4 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 4 cities is 30.4°C; Kingston is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 102 mm to 72 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Portmore in MayJamaica · 10 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 119 mm rain
- Spanish Town in MayJamaica · 17 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Montego Bay in MayJamaica · 130 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 220 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in MayCuba · 247 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Palma Soriano in MayCuba · 260 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 129 mm rain
- Contramaestre in MayCuba · 262 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 144 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in MayCuba · 263 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 167 mm rain
- Bayamo in MayCuba · 265 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 188 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.