Spanish Town
City in Jamaica: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
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Overview
Spanish Town is a city in Jamaica, in Saint Catherine Parish. About 145,018 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Jamaica in our atlas.
It lies at 17.99° N, 76.96° W, about 31 m (102 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Jamaica time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Spanish Town. Green dots: other major cities of Jamaica. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Spanish Town 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.
What to eat in JamaicaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3488465 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q27118507 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- St.-Jago-de-la-Vega: Photo by Not home (talk); Not home at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)