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Satellite view of Boston Beach; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Boston Beach

JamaicaPortland Parish · Jamaica · Caribbean Sea

18.1567, -76.3531 · Port Antonio, 11 km

  • 29°Sea · September
  • 29°High · August
  • 8.3 hSunshine · April
The dot marks Boston Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Boston Beach in October

  • 29°CAir, daytime high28°C at night
  • 29°CSea temperature
  • 6.2 hSunshine a day
  • 24 daysRainy days in the month180 mm in total
  • 17 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 8Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 52 kmAirport: Norman Manley International Airport (KIN)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 30.1 °C — 0.9 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.2 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.6 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaSeptember and October29 °C
Most sunshineApril and July8 h of sun a day
Least rainFebruary and March18 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan27°7 h35 mm
  2. Feb27°8 h18 mm
  3. Mar27°8 h27 mm
  4. Apr27°8 h40 mm
  5. May28°7 h117 mm
  6. Jun28°8 h101 mm
  7. Jul29°8 h75 mm
  8. Aug29°7 h111 mm
  9. Sep29°7 h131 mm
  10. Oct29°6 h180 mm
  11. Nov29°6 h94 mm
  12. Dec28°6 h51 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
27°28°29°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 27°Feb: 27°Mar: 27°Apr: 27°May: 28°Jun: 28°Jul: 29°Aug: 29°Sep: 29°Oct: 29°Nov: 29°Dec: 28°27°29°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
26°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 25°)Feb: 26 °C (High 26° / Low 25°)Mar: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 25°)Apr: 27 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)May: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Jun: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Jul: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Aug: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Sep: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Oct: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Nov: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Dec: 27 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)28°26°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 35 mmFeb: 18 mm18Mar: 27 mmApr: 40 mmMay: 117 mmJun: 101 mmJul: 75 mmAug: 111 mmSep: 131 mmOct: 180 mm180Nov: 94 mmDec: 51 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.7 hFeb: 7.5 hMar: 7.9 hApr: 8.3 h8.3May: 7.3 hJun: 7.6 hJul: 8.0 hAug: 7.4 hSep: 7.3 hOct: 6.2 h6.2Nov: 6.2 h6.2Dec: 6.4 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Boston Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Boston Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January27252735106.722
February2625271887.522
March2725272797.921
April27262740108.320
May282728117197.321
June282728101187.624
July29282975188.022
August292829111227.420
Septemberwarmest sea292829131247.316
October292829180246.217
November28272994166.220
December27262851136.422

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER21 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20204 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.121 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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