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Kingston weather by month
Historical averages 2016–2025 · not a forecast
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When is the best time to visit Kingston?
For a warm holiday, the best week has been 18–24 January (Weather Index 97). Favourable start dates for a 7-day trip run from 25 December to 23 February. July, August and September are warmest (31°C), January is driest and March, April and June to August have the most sun.
Hurricane season runs from 1 June to 30 November and is most active from mid-August to mid-October. These averages don’t show storm risk, so check the forecast and your travel cover nearer the time.
- Warmest
- July, August and September 31°C
- Coolest
- December to March 28°C
- Driest
- January 23% rain-day chance
- Wettest
- October 77% rain-day chance
- Sunniest
- March, April and June to August 12 hours a day
A rain day has 1 mm or more, snow included, so a short shower counts. Monthly averages below give the amounts.
Monthly averages in Kingston
Kingston historical monthly estimates, 2016–2025. Temperatures and sunshine are daily averages.
| Month | High (°C) | Low (°C) | Rain-day chance (%) | Expected rain days | Precipitation (mm/month) | Sunshine (hours/day) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9 | 23.9 | 22.9 | 7.1 | 26.5 | 10.6 |
| February | 27.7 | 23.8 | 30.7 | 8.6 | 25.5 | 10.9 |
| March | 28.1 | 24.0 | 28.4 | 8.8 | 30.5 | 11.5 |
| April | 28.7 | 24.7 | 38.0 | 11.4 | 60.5 | 11.9 |
| May | 29.5 | 25.6 | 43.2 | 13.4 | 84.8 | 11.4 |
| June | 30.1 | 26.2 | 37.7 | 11.3 | 58.7 | 11.7 |
| July | 31.0 | 26.7 | 27.7 | 8.6 | 50.9 | 12.3 |
| August | 31.2 | 26.8 | 42.6 | 13.2 | 77.4 | 11.6 |
| September | 30.9 | 26.7 | 55.7 | 16.7 | 95.5 | 11.3 |
| October | 29.8 | 26.1 | 77.4 | 24.0 | 203.6 | 10.3 |
| November | 29.1 | 25.5 | 49.7 | 14.9 | 130.5 | 9.8 |
| December | 28.4 | 24.8 | 33.9 | 10.5 | 33.1 | 10.3 |
Each month averages its own days. Precipitation includes snow. About the data
Sources
Open-Meteo · 1 Jan 2016 – 31 Dec 2025
- Open-Meteo Historical Weather API
- Local days, 2016–2025, every year weighted equally. Each weekly chart averages its own seven days, without smoothing.
- Shading shows the 10th–90th percentile of past days, not forecast confidence.
- A rain day has at least 1 mm, snow included. The last weekly period has eight days.
- Wind is the average daytime (10:00–18:00) maximum, not gusts. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Missing readings stay blank.
- Mugginess (dew point) comes from the original daily summaries, on UTC days.
- The live two-week forecast comes from the Open-Meteo Weather Forecast API. The Weather Index does not use it.