Climate averages 1991–2020
Kingston weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kingston: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 144 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes October a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Portmore (10 km away). In October its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Kingston, with 140 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Jamaica, Kingston ranks 2nd of 4 for the warmest October highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 4 cities is 29.9°C; Kingston is level with that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 144 mm to 79 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Portmore in OctoberJamaica · 10 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 140 mm rain
- Spanish Town in OctoberJamaica · 17 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 140 mm rain
- Montego Bay in OctoberJamaica · 130 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 182 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in OctoberCuba · 247 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 111 mm rain
- Palma Soriano in OctoberCuba · 260 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Contramaestre in OctoberCuba · 262 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in OctoberCuba · 263 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Bayamo in OctoberCuba · 265 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 148 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.