Climate averages 1991–2020
Kingston weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Kingston: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes September a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Portmore (10 km away). In September its highs average 30.7°C, 0.5°C cooler than Kingston, with 139 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Jamaica, Kingston ranks 2nd of 4 for the warmest September highs and 1st of 4 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 4 cities is 31.0°C; Kingston is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 124 mm to 144 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Portmore in SeptemberJamaica · 10 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.0°C · 139 mm rain
- Spanish Town in SeptemberJamaica · 17 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 139 mm rain
- Montego Bay in SeptemberJamaica · 130 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 205 mm rain
- Santiago de Cuba in SeptemberCuba · 247 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Palma Soriano in SeptemberCuba · 260 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Contramaestre in SeptemberCuba · 262 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Cuba in SeptemberCuba · 263 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 157 mm rain
- Bayamo in SeptemberCuba · 265 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 170 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.