Portmore
City in Jamaica: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
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Overview
Portmore is a city in Jamaica, in Saint Catherine Parish. About 102,861 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Jamaica in our atlas.
It lies at 17.97° N, 76.89° W, about 7 m (23 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Jamaica time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Portmore. Green dots: other major cities of Jamaica. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Portmore 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.
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- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3488981 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q644663 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- AscotHighlawn: Raw9345, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)