Ocho Rios weather in August

In August, Ocho Rios sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 51 mm of rain across 11.9 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ocho Rios's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ocho Rios's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
26°
12th coldest
Rainfall
51 mm
11.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:54 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover
54%
8th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Ocho Rios is town in Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica.

Founded
2025

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ocho Rios reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Ocho Rios

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Ocho Rios weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 23°6614.1116.5
Feb26° / 23°4410.411.46.9
Mar27° / 23°541211.96.8
Apr28° / 24°4910.912.46.6
May28° / 25°991512.95.3
Jun29° / 26°438.713.15.4
Jul30° / 26°378.6135.3
Aug30° / 26°5111.912.64.8
Sep30° / 26°7815.812.14.3
Oct29° / 25°11620.211.64.3
Nov28° / 25°11018.311.15.2
Dec27° / 24°8815.410.96.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 43%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16733
26733
36634
46634
56436
66436
76436
86337
96238
106139
116139
126040
136040
145941
155842
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ocho Rios gets around 51 mm of rain over 11.9 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 38% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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3147

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 59% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
16535
26436
36337
46337
56238
66139
76139
86139
96040
106040
116040
126040
136040
145941
155941
165941
175941
185941
195941
205941
215842
225842
235743
245644
255644
265545
275446
285446
295347
305347
315347

Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:49 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 6:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.85:496:40
212.85:506:39
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.2 kWh/m² to a high of 6.79 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 6.48 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ocho Rios

In seasonPeak

In August, Ocho Rios sits inside its atlantic hurricane season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Ocho Rios sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Atlantic hurricane
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Mar
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May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Ocho Rios?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.8
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
6.7
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Ocho Rios for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ocho Rios in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Ocho Rios sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

Sea temperature near Ocho Rios in August

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 24 km away) is warmest in September at about 30°C and coldest in February near 27°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb27Warm
Mar27Warm
Apr27Warm
May28Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Warm

UV index in Ocho Rios in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ocho Rios peaks around April 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 7 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 17UV 13Dec 15UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Ocho Rios in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Ocho Rios is worst in June — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.3× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 2231 µg/m³Dec 177 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar10Good
Apr13Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun31Moderate
Jul30Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ocho Rios?

Ocho Rios sits at 18.4°N, 77.1°W, 6 m above sea level, in Jamaica. The nearest listed city is Linstead, 31 km away.

LinsteadSpanish TownMay PenOld HarbourPortmoreHalf Way TreeNew KingstonKingston

Topography around Ocho Rios

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ocho Rios.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ocho Rios has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 416 m around an average of 88 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 807 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,225 m.

The land around Ocho Rios is covered by trees (50%) and water (39%) within 3 km, trees (44%) and water (43%) within 16 km, and water (46%) and trees (45%) within 80 km.

3 km
416 m
16 km
807 m
80 km
2,225 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Linstead 31 km · Spanish Town 49 km · May Pen 52 km · Old Harbour 52 km · Portmore 54 km · Half Way Tree 54 km · New Kingston 56 km · Kingston 56 km

Jamaica travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B
110 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 60% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$8,003
2025
Happiness
6.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
49.4
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
15.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 65%none 21%other 7%Roman Catholic 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Ocho Rios (18.4076°, -77.1031°, elevation 6 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).