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Kingston in September

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

September in Kingston is hot: highs near 91°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 22 minutes from the first week to the last.September in Kingston is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 22 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
91°F33°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 68% of days
Daylight
12h 12mon average

Is September a good time to visit Kingston?

September sits outside Kingston's most comfortable months, which run from December to February. Expect hot days and rain on about five 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 September sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 91°F in September, against 86°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 33°C in September, against 30°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

68% of days in September, against 26% to 80% through the year.

Cloud cover

71% cover in September, against 27% to 74% through the year.

Daylight

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

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

Either side

  1. August92°33°low 78°low 26°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. September91°33°low 77°low 25°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. October89°32°low 76°low 24°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Kingston sits, in September

America/Jamaica
this place
typical high in September 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-September
5:55 AMsets 6:10 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 September, 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 September

high · low · wet days
See September 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.