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Jamaica climate

Tropical, warm year-round. Browse cities below to find a city with detailed month-by-month records.

Popular cities:Kingston · Spanish Town · Montego Bay · Mandeville · May Pen · Half Way Tree

Browse all 14 cities in Jamaica

Grouped by climate type, then by population.

BSh

Hot semi-arid

8 cities

Kingstonpop 938k Spanish Townpop 145k May Penpop 45k Half Way Treepop 19k Port Antoniopop 14k Saint Ann’s Baypop 14k Morant Baypop 9k Port Mariapop 8k

Aw

Tropical savanna (dry winter)

6 cities

Montego Baypop 83k Mandevillepop 47k Savanna-la-Marpop 17k Falmouthpop 8k Luceapop 6k Black Riverpop 4k

A few cities, to show the range

A spread picked to show how different the climate gets across Jamaica.

Hot semi-aridBSh

Hot semi-aridBSh

Tropical savanna (dry winter)Aw

Tropical savanna (dry winter)Aw

Hot semi-aridBSh

Hot semi-aridBSh

Climate types in Jamaica

Jamaica spans 2 climate types. All climate types:

BSh Hot semi-arid · 8 cities Aw Tropical savanna (dry winter) · 6 cities

Climate records across Jamaica — warmest, coolest, wettest, driest

Warmest Half Way Tree (82.8 °F avg) · Coolest Lucea (81.8 °F avg) · Wettest Lucea (41 in/yr) · Driest Half Way Tree (32 in/yr)These are the extreme ends of our city records, not typical conditions — most of Jamaica sits well between them.