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When to go to Kingston
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Kingston has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in November to September.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): October.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): January to December.
- The warmest month is August (30°C) and the coolest January (27°C). The wettest is October (170 mm) and the driest February (19 mm); about 928 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanMild–warm, mixed
- FebMild–warm, mixed
- MarMild–warm, mixed
- AprMild–warm, mixed
- MayMild–warm, mixed
- JunMild–warm, mixed
- JulMild–warm, mixed
- AugMild–warm, mixed
- SeptMild–warm, mixed
- OctWet
- NovMild–warm, mixed
- DecMild–warm, mixed
Month by month
Every month in Kingston
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27°C | 24°C | 33 mm | 75% | 40% | 4.6 | 23°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| February | 28°C | 24°C | 19 mm | 73% | 32% | 5.4 | 24°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| March | 28°C | 24°C | 29 mm | 70% | 33% | 6.1 | 27°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| April | 29°C | 25°C | 41 mm | 71% | 38% | 6.5 | 31°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| May | 29°C | 26°C | 111 mm | 75% | 55% | 6.1 | 35°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| June | 29°C | 26°C | 89 mm | 79% | 61% | 6.1 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| July | 29°C | 26°C | 69 mm | 78% | 50% | 6.4 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| August | 30°C | 27°C | 104 mm | 78% | 53% | 6.1 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| September | 30°C | 26°C | 127 mm | 78% | 59% | 5.8 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| October | 29°C | 26°C | 170 mm | 79% | 63% | 4.9 | 34°C | Wet |
| November | 28°C | 25°C | 87 mm | 78% | 52% | 4.5 | 29°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| December | 28°C | 24°C | 49 mm | 77% | 44% | 4.3 | 25°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
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- Holguín326 kmGood for going: October to May
- Camagüey394 kmGood for going: October to February
- George Town503 kmGood for going: November to September
- Santiago de los Caballeros663 kmGood for going: July and October to May
- Cockburn Town706 kmGood for going: January to December
- Santo Domingo731 kmGood for going: January to December
- Santo Domingo Este736 kmGood for going: January to December
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