Montego Bay climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Montego Bay?

Montego Bay has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.7 °C and it receives 1,456 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Montego Bay?

The hottest day measured in Montego Bay between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1958, reaching 33.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Montego Bay?

The coldest day measured in Montego Bay between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1956, at 16.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Montego Bay?

Almost never: Montego Bay sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Montego Bay warmed?

Yes: Montego Bay warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Montego Bay?

The wettest day measured in Montego Bay between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 2025, with 187 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Montego Bay?

The windiest day measured in Montego Bay between 1940 and 2025 was 11 September 2004, with winds reaching 77.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Montego Bay?

The warmest month in Montego Bay is August (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Montego Bay?

Montego Bay receives on average 1,456 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 234 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Montego Bay?

Montego Bay gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Montego Bay (Jamaica) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.7 °C and it receives 1,456 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is August (27.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Montego Bay averages 0 frost days, 98 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 234 rainy days per year.

Montego Bay has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.1 °C (on 9 April 1958) and the coldest 16.8 °C (on 16 January 1956).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

Montego BaySaint James Parish

coords: 18.47°, -77.92°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMayDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

25.7°C

Average daily high

28.8°C

Average daily low

23.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,456mm

Sunshine / day

11.2h

Mean relative humidity

82%

Average peak wind

16.2km/h

Seasonal range

3.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

98 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

234 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.1 °C

Average feels-like low

26.9 °C

Average peak gust

34.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

362 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

33.1 °C

9 April 1958

Coldest day

16.8 °C

16 January 1956

Wettest day

187 mm

28 October 2025

Windiest day

77.0 km/h

11 September 2004

Strongest gust

167.0 km/h

11 September 2004

Hottest feels-like

40.8 °C

11 September 2024

Coldest feels-like

14.8 °C

13 January 1981

Sunniest day

12.8 h

13 July 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.3 °C29 August 2025	21.9 °C20 March 2025	26.9 °C	1,443 mm	155
2024	32.4 °C19 August 2024	20.3 °C23 February 2024	27.1 °C	1,695 mm	189
2023	33.0 °C12 August 2023	20.3 °C16 January 2023	27.0 °C	1,444 mm	181
2022	32.5 °C3 June 2022	20.9 °C15 January 2022	26.4 °C	1,648 mm	119
2021	32.0 °C20 June 2021	21.2 °C3 February 2021	26.5 °C	1,436 mm	142
2020	32.6 °C25 April 2020	19.3 °C23 January 2020	26.8 °C	1,360 mm	186
2019	32.6 °C21 June 2019	21.8 °C26 January 2019	26.7 °C	1,459 mm	160
2018	32.1 °C21 July 2018	21.1 °C6 March 2018	26.4 °C	1,538 mm	124
2017	32.6 °C30 July 2017	20.9 °C21 January 2017	26.5 °C	1,728 mm	139
2016	32.5 °C8 August 2016	21.2 °C11 February 2016	26.4 °C	1,435 mm	118
2015	32.6 °C29 June 2015	20.1 °C12 February 2015	26.4 °C	1,379 mm	152
2014	32.0 °C8 July 2014	21.5 °C10 March 2014	26.1 °C	1,489 mm	120
2013	32.0 °C23 September 2013	21.0 °C5 March 2013	26.2 °C	1,391 mm	122
2012	32.4 °C23 June 2012	20.8 °C4 January 2012	26.0 °C	1,259 mm	114
2011	31.9 °C6 August 2011	20.6 °C6 January 2011	26.0 °C	1,542 mm	119
2010	32.0 °C1 May 2010	17.7 °C11 January 2010	26.0 °C	1,811 mm	132
2009	31.9 °C15 July 2009	20.0 °C5 February 2009	26.1 °C	1,510 mm	126
2008	31.7 °C18 August 2008	21.1 °C30 January 2008	25.9 °C	1,367 mm	86
2007	32.0 °C13 July 2007	20.9 °C19 February 2007	26.1 °C	1,899 mm	102
2006	31.8 °C16 May 2006	19.7 °C14 February 2006	26.2 °C	1,398 mm	128
2005	32.0 °C24 March 2005	19.3 °C22 January 2005	26.2 °C	1,611 mm	148
2004	32.5 °C24 June 2004	19.9 °C30 January 2004	26.0 °C	1,161 mm	100
2003	31.3 °C28 August 2003	21.0 °C25 January 2003	26.2 °C	1,557 mm	121
2002	32.5 °C30 July 2002	21.0 °C9 January 2002	26.1 °C	1,316 mm	108
2001	31.4 °C22 June 2001	19.4 °C8 March 2001	25.8 °C	1,324 mm	110
2000	31.2 °C13 August 2000	18.8 °C20 January 2000	25.6 °C	1,259 mm	78
1999	32.1 °C17 April 1999	20.1 °C27 December 1999	25.6 °C	1,560 mm	105
1998	32.6 °C16 June 1998	20.1 °C11 February 1998	26.3 °C	1,258 mm	149
1997	32.1 °C3 May 1997	20.0 °C19 January 1997	26.0 °C	1,085 mm	135
1996	32.1 °C5 July 1996	19.5 °C12 March 1996	25.3 °C	1,503 mm	46
1995	32.4 °C2 July 1995	19.9 °C6 February 1995	25.9 °C	1,464 mm	141
1994	32.5 °C28 July 1994	19.8 °C5 March 1994	25.8 °C	1,472 mm	103
1993	31.9 °C14 August 1993	20.0 °C15 January 1993	25.7 °C	1,651 mm	90
1992	32.2 °C2 July 1992	19.3 °C6 January 1992	25.7 °C	1,206 mm	76
1991	31.7 °C21 July 1991	18.7 °C11 February 1991	25.9 °C	1,232 mm	111
1990	32.6 °C21 August 1990	21.1 °C29 March 1990	25.9 °C	1,366 mm	115
1989	31.6 °C15 July 1989	18.7 °C25 February 1989	25.6 °C	1,383 mm	89
1988	32.4 °C6 June 1988	20.2 °C29 February 1988	26.0 °C	1,360 mm	104
1987	31.7 °C26 June 1987	20.4 °C29 January 1987	26.0 °C	1,579 mm	129
1986	31.6 °C9 September 1986	19.3 °C2 March 1986	25.4 °C	1,357 mm	69
1985	31.9 °C16 June 1985	19.3 °C23 January 1985	25.4 °C	1,325 mm	66
1984	31.4 °C12 August 1984	18.8 °C7 January 1984	25.4 °C	1,417 mm	64
1983	32.1 °C23 June 1983	18.9 °C13 March 1983	26.0 °C	1,461 mm	118
1982	31.8 °C10 April 1982	20.2 °C24 February 1982	25.8 °C	1,148 mm	91
1981	31.6 °C31 July 1981	17.4 °C13 January 1981	25.6 °C	1,324 mm	77
1980	31.8 °C10 May 1980	19.0 °C5 February 1980	25.8 °C	1,493 mm	102
1979	31.7 °C9 August 1979	20.1 °C22 December 1979	25.3 °C	1,565 mm	42
1978	31.5 °C18 May 1978	18.1 °C23 February 1978	25.4 °C	1,730 mm	57
1977	32.0 °C8 September 1977	18.0 °C20 January 1977	25.6 °C	1,592 mm	79
1976	31.8 °C6 August 1976	18.7 °C10 February 1976	25.3 °C	1,122 mm	91
1975	32.0 °C10 April 1975	18.7 °C25 December 1975	25.3 °C	1,263 mm	75
1974	31.5 °C24 June 1974	19.1 °C8 February 1974	25.2 °C	1,365 mm	48
1973	32.6 °C7 April 1973	18.3 °C12 February 1973	25.4 °C	1,596 mm	85
1972	31.4 °C30 June 1972	19.7 °C20 February 1972	25.3 °C	1,477 mm	55
1971	31.5 °C21 July 1971	18.6 °C21 January 1971	25.1 °C	1,542 mm	47
1970	31.9 °C21 August 1970	18.8 °C10 January 1970	25.5 °C	1,220 mm	90
1969	32.2 °C24 July 1969	19.3 °C21 February 1969	25.8 °C	1,389 mm	132
1968	32.1 °C4 May 1968	17.9 °C10 February 1968	25.2 °C	1,389 mm	85
1967	31.5 °C16 September 1967	20.0 °C7 February 1967	25.4 °C	1,190 mm	77
1966	31.4 °C5 April 1966	19.5 °C28 January 1966	25.1 °C	1,552 mm	79
1965	31.6 °C18 April 1965	19.8 °C11 January 1965	25.2 °C	1,121 mm	102
1964	30.9 °C4 May 1964	20.5 °C28 December 1964	25.3 °C	1,706 mm	48
1963	31.0 °C30 August 1963	18.9 °C8 February 1963	25.1 °C	1,810 mm	53
1962	31.5 °C19 July 1962	19.2 °C9 March 1962	25.1 °C	1,453 mm	73
1961	31.9 °C26 May 1961	20.7 °C4 February 1961	25.2 °C	1,623 mm	55
1960	31.2 °C18 March 1960	19.8 °C9 February 1960	25.2 °C	1,748 mm	73
1959	32.1 °C6 August 1959	19.3 °C5 December 1959	25.3 °C	1,424 mm	77
1958	33.1 °C9 April 1958	18.3 °C3 February 1958	25.6 °C	1,221 mm	166
1957	32.0 °C6 July 1957	19.1 °C11 March 1957	25.3 °C	1,492 mm	105
1956	31.1 °C8 July 1956	16.8 °C16 January 1956	24.9 °C	1,387 mm	47
1955	32.3 °C21 May 1955	19.1 °C10 January 1955	25.0 °C	1,367 mm	52
1954	31.9 °C22 July 1954	19.3 °C9 February 1954	25.2 °C	1,618 mm	95
1953	32.0 °C23 August 1953	19.8 °C16 February 1953	25.4 °C	1,426 mm	104
1952	31.8 °C26 March 1952	18.3 °C28 February 1952	25.3 °C	1,429 mm	103
1951	32.7 °C11 April 1951	19.3 °C22 February 1951	25.2 °C	1,264 mm	103
1950	31.1 °C11 August 1950	17.9 °C12 December 1950	24.7 °C	1,461 mm	45
1949	32.1 °C15 April 1949	19.6 °C10 March 1949	25.1 °C	1,719 mm	52
1948	31.9 °C1 April 1948	20.2 °C15 January 1948	25.4 °C	1,663 mm	61
1947	31.5 °C11 July 1947	20.1 °C17 February 1947	25.5 °C	1,453 mm	72
1946	32.1 °C7 July 1946	20.3 °C22 March 1946	25.3 °C	1,456 mm	82
1945	31.8 °C25 June 1945	19.7 °C29 January 1945	25.1 °C	1,591 mm	42
1944	31.9 °C3 July 1944	19.5 °C9 February 1944	25.3 °C	1,453 mm	86
1943	31.7 °C22 July 1943	19.5 °C26 January 1943	25.1 °C	1,692 mm	70
1942	31.7 °C4 July 1942	19.9 °C6 February 1942	25.4 °C	1,880 mm	68
1941	31.8 °C14 June 1941	19.2 °C13 January 1941	25.6 °C	1,249 mm	94
1940	31.7 °C10 July 1940	20.0 °C4 February 1940	25.4 °C	1,395 mm	97

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.6 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

155 d/yr

+57

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1443 mm

-13 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.9 °C	+1.0 °C	21 mm	-26 mm
Feb	28.4 °C	+1.1 °C	34 mm	-13 mm
Mar	28.9 °C	+0.7 °C	66 mm	+8 mm
Apr	28.6 °C	-0.2 °C	125 mm	+28 mm
May	30.2 °C	+0.9 °C	108 mm	-98 mm
Jun	30.9 °C	+0.9 °C	95 mm	-74 mm
Jul	30.7 °C	+0.5 °C	116 mm	-28 mm
Aug	31.4 °C	+1.1 °C	107 mm	-61 mm
Sep	31.0 °C	+1.0 °C	225 mm	+34 mm
Oct	29.7 °C	+0.5 °C	457 mm	+274 mm
Nov	29.2 °C	+1.1 °C	60 mm	-35 mm
Dec	28.7 °C	+1.4 °C	30 mm	-23 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.3 °C

29 Aug 2025

Coldest day

21.9 °C

20 Mar 2025

Wettest day

186.6 mm

28 Oct 2025

Windiest day

64.5 km/h

28 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

111.6 km/h

28 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.7 °C

18 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

22.3 °C

20 Mar 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

13 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Montego Bay?

Montego Bay has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.7 °C and it receives 1,456 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Montego Bay?

The hottest day measured in Montego Bay between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1958, reaching 33.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Montego Bay?

The coldest day measured in Montego Bay between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1956, at 16.8 °C.

Does it snow in Montego Bay?

Almost never: Montego Bay sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Montego Bay warmed?

Yes: Montego Bay warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Montego Bay?

The wettest day measured in Montego Bay between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 2025, with 187 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Montego Bay?

The windiest day measured in Montego Bay between 1940 and 2025 was 11 September 2004, with winds reaching 77.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Montego Bay?

The warmest month in Montego Bay is August (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Montego Bay?

Montego Bay receives on average 1,456 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 234 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Montego Bay?

Montego Bay gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Montego Bay?

Yes: Montego Bay has on average 362 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Montego Bay?

In Montego Bay, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 11 September 2024, and the lowest was 14.8 °C on 13 January 1981.

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