St. James, Jamaica · population 82,867 · 14 weather stations within 200 km · records 1764 to 2025
Montego Bay has an average annual daytime high of 29.8°C, based on the 1951 to 1980 baseline. Its warmest month is August, when highs typically reach 31.2°C, and its coldest is January, with overnight lows near 18.9°C.
These figures reflect annual averages, not single-day records. Daily observations are outside this dataset's precision.
Since 1900, Montego Bay's average temperature has risen by +1.8°C. Compared to the earliest station records that begin in 1764, warming totals +2.0°C.
20-year smoothed annual temperature reconstructed from station anomalies. Dashed line: 1951–1980 baseline.
Daytime highs sit within a comfortable 15°C to 26°C range.
Montego Bay's average annual daytime high is 29.8°C, based on the 1951 to 1980 baseline period. The warmest month is August, with highs averaging 31.2°C, and the coldest is January, with lows averaging 18.9°C.
August is the warmest month in Montego Bay, with typical daytime highs of 31.2°C.
2023 is the hottest year on record for Montego Bay, running +1.6°C above the 1951 to 1980 baseline.
Yes. Since 1900, Montego Bay has warmed by roughly +1.8°C.
any time of year typically offers the most comfortable daytime highs, in the 15°C to 26°C range.
Baseline period 1951 to 1980. Monthly averages are the mean of station observations weighted by proximity. Warming trend is the 20-year smoothed anomaly against that baseline.