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Kingston in March

Hot and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Kingston is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 72°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 29 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Kingston is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 22°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 29 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
72°F22°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 33% of days
Daylight
12h 01mon average

Is March a good time to visit Kingston?

A good month, just outside Kingston's most comfortable months, which run from December to February.

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 March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 87°F in March, against 86°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in March, against 30°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

33% of days in March, against 26% to 80% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

12h 01m in March, against 11h 04m to 13h 11m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. February86°30°low 72°low 22°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. March87°31°low 72°low 22°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. April89°32°low 73°low 23°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Kingston sits, in March

America/Jamaica
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:16 AMsets 6:17 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 March, 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 March

high · low · wet days
See March 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.