Kingston
Capital of Jamaica: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
PortofKingston: The original uploader was Blofeld of SPECTRE at English Wikipedia. (Original text: W. Harris), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Kingston is the capital of Jamaica. About 937,700 people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Jamaica in our atlas.
It lies at 18.00° N, 76.79° W, about 65 m (213 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Jamaica time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Kingston. Green dots: other major cities of Jamaica. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kingston has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 30°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 24°C (74°F). Around 928 mm (37 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Oct.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in JamaicaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3489854 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q34692 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- PortofKingston: The original uploader was Blofeld of SPECTRE at English Wikipedia. (Original text: W. Harris), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- BLT Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the National Gallery of Jamaica 23: Dwayne Lyttle, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Hope Botanical Gardens, Jamaica: RoadTripWarrior, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
