Montego Bay
City in Jamaica: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Montego Bay Photo Don Ramey Logan: Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Montego Bay is a city in Jamaica, in Saint James Parish. About 82,867 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Jamaica in our atlas.
It lies at 18.47° N, 77.92° W, about 12 m (39 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Jamaica time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Montego Bay. Green dots: other major cities of Jamaica. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Montego Bay has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 31°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 24°C (75°F). Around 1,325 mm (52 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.
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- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3489460 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q637555 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Montego Bay Photo Don Ramey Logan: Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)