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Montego Bay in May

Hot and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Montego Bay is hot: highs near 90°F, lows near 76°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 19 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Montego Bay is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 19 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
90°F32°Caverage
Low
76°F24°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 77% of days
Daylight
13h 00mon average

Is May a good time to visit Montego Bay?

May sits outside Montego Bay's most comfortable months, which run from December to March. 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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 90°F in May, against 85°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in May, against 29°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

77% of days in May, against 49% to 90% through the year.

Cloud cover

58% cover in May, against 27% to 74% through the year.

Daylight

13h 00m in May, against 11h 02m to 13h 13m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. April89°32°low 73°low 23°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. May90°32°low 76°low 24°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. June91°33°low 77°low 25°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Montego Bay sits, in May

America/Jamaica
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:38 AMsets 6:37 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
18.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Kingston132 km south-east

The land around Montego Bay, shaded by its typical high in May, 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 May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Montego Bay

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 13 km east of Montego Bay. 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, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (84 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (84 m). 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.