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Kingston in August

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Kingston is hot: highs near 92°F, lows near 78°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 26 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Kingston is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 26 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
92°F33°Caverage
Low
78°F26°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 53% of days
Daylight
12h 42mon average

Is August a good time to visit Kingston?

August sits outside Kingston's most comfortable months, which run from December to February. Expect hot days and rain on about four days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 92°F in August, against 86°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 33°C in August, against 30°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

53% of days in August, against 26% to 80% through the year.

Cloud cover

69% cover in August, against 27% to 74% through the year.

Daylight

12h 42m in August, against 11h 04m to 13h 11m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the most comfortable months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July92°33°low 78°low 26°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August92°33°low 78°low 26°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. September91°33°low 77°low 25°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Kingston sits, in August

America/Jamaica
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:49 AMsets 6:35 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
18.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Montego Bay132 km north-west

The land around Kingston, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Jamaica in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Kingston

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 12 km west of Kingston. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.