Montego Bay month by month
Plan your visit to Montego Bay by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
- January
- High
- 28°C
- Low
- 22°C
- Rain
- 33 mm
January draws the thickest crowds to Montego Bay for one simple reason. Rain falls on about 10 days this month, less than any other month on the calendar, and the warm, dry air…
- February
- High
- 29°C
- Low
- 22°C
- Rain
- 43 mm
February is when Montego Bay belongs to everyone except Jamaicans, or so it feels. This is the heart of the north coast's peak tourist season, with direct flights from Toronto…
- March
- High
- 29°C
- Low
- 22°C
- Rain
- 72 mm
March sits in Montego Bay's peak tourist window, and you'll feel it in the rates before you feel it in the weather. Spring break brings a wave of North American visitors to…
- April
- High
- 30°C
- Low
- 23°C
- Rain
- 88 mm
April in Montego Bay marks the pivot from dry season to wet, and that transition shapes everything about your visit. Peak-season visitors who packed Gloucester Avenue from December…
- May
- High
- 31°C
- Low
- 24°C
- Rain
- 148 mm
May in Montego Bay opens with 30.7°C (87°F) highs, 82% humidity, and the smell of approaching rain. Mornings along Doctor's Cave Beach still tend to be warm and partly sunny, the…
- June
- High
- 31°C
- Low
- 25°C
- Rain
- 163 mm
June in Montego Bay brings roughly 22 rainy days totaling 163mm of precipitation, making it the second-wettest month after October. The official start of Atlantic hurricane season…
- July
- High
- 31°C
- Low
- 25°C
- Rain
- 106 mm
July in Montego Bay belongs to Reggae Sumfest. The Caribbean's largest annual reggae and dancehall festival fills Catherine Hall for five nights in the third week of the month,…
- August
- High
- 31°C
- Low
- 25°C
- Rain
- 134 mm
August in Montego Bay means hurricane season, and that fact shapes every decision about the trip. Daytime highs hold around 31°C (89°F) with humidity near 82%, the kind of thick,…
- September
- High
- 32°C
- Low
- 25°C
- Rain
- 130 mm
September is peak Atlantic hurricane season, and Montego Bay sits square in the corridor. Daytime temperatures reach about 32°C (89°F) with humidity near 82%, and the real heat…
- October
- High
- 31°C
- Low
- 25°C
- Rain
- 242 mm
October is the wettest month of the year in Montego Bay, with about 242mm (9.5 inches) of rainfall spread across 25 days. That total is nearly double what June delivers, and it…
- November
- High
- 29°C
- Low
- 24°C
- Rain
- 103 mm
Gloucester Avenue, the kilometer-long strip that locals call the Hip Strip, connects Doctor's Cave Beach at its north end to the Pier 1 waterfront bar near the Freeport peninsula.…
- December
- High
- 29°C
- Low
- 23°C
- Rain
- 52 mm
December is when Montego Bay's high season arrives in full. The north coast sits in the middle of its dry window, which runs from mid-November through April, and the contrast with…