Wetter in Negril nach Monat

Negril's forum calls January about as reliable as it gets — sunny days with maybe a brief, 15-20 minute tropical shower in the late afternoon before the sun's back out. The one wrinkle regulars flag: Jamaica gets the odd cold front from the north between late January and early February, so a lightweight jacket and long sleeves are worth packing just in case.

February is traditionally the best weather of the Negril year, and when it goes wrong it is not usually rain - it is a cold front, bringing wind, cloud, rough seas and a real drop in temperature for a few days. Highs sit in the upper 80s F and nights can dip to the mid-60s. Two local notes come with it. Negril is the western end of the island, which is why the sunsets are its trademark, and in the winter months the sun goes down square on to the beach rather than off to one side. And a winter storm can dump seaweed along the shore, though the trade winds usually carry it past. The record: 28.5C days that feel like 32C, 23.8C nights, 6.2 precipitation days carrying 19.5mm, 10.7 hours of sun and a 27.4C sea.

March is historically Negril's driest month, and our row's 28.5mm across 9.1 days is the shape of that - frequent but tiny. The sea is still near its winter floor, around 82 or 83F, which our row gives as 27.3C, while the resort pools are warmer than in December because the sun has strengthened. What regulars warn about instead is wind: one mid-March week was windy enough that sand blew into people's faces on the beach and the watersports operators stayed shut all week. On spring break, the local consensus is not to worry - Negril sees some, they stay at the resorts that court them, and the quieter and higher-priced places barely notice. The record: 28.9C days that feel like 33C, 24C nights, humidity 74 percent and 11.1 hours of sun.

April sits at the end of the drier half of the Jamaican year, November to April, and regulars call it one of the best weeks to be here - humidity not yet oppressive, showers brief and mostly in the afternoon. Our row agrees in an unusual way: 44.8mm across 12.9 days is three and a half millimetres a time, rain you walk through. On the question this board answers most often, they are reassuring but not absolute - sargassum rides the trade winds onto north-facing shores and tends to miss this west-facing coast, though nobody guarantees it. Heat is 29.5C reading as 35C, with a 28.4C sea. The record: humidity 74 percent, 11.6 hours of sun and AQI 39.

Negril-forum threads on May weather call it the start of the warmer half of the year - hot, sunny days punctuated by a brief shower most afternoons, typically arriving around the early-to-mid-afternoon window and clearing again within about ten minutes, sun back out shortly after. May and June together run wetter by the numbers than April, and posters put the odds of rain on any given day at roughly a third, a noticeable few inches accumulating across a two-week stay. The humidity is what regulars flag as the real difference from the cooler months, since the temperature swings only modestly through the year - it's the mugginess that makes May feel meaningfully warmer than a winter visit despite a similar thermometer reading. The record: 29.9C days feeling like a sticky 35C, 25.7C nights, 88mm across 17.2 days, 76 percent humidity, an 11.4-hour sun day and a 29.4C sea.

Forum posters describe July as very hot and quite humid, with roughly a one-in-three chance of rain on any given day, typically a short afternoon shower rather than an all-day washout, and sea temperatures approaching 86F. Posters consistently rate July as the best of the summer months (ahead of August and September) weather-wise, with lower prices and thinner crowds as a real bonus for anyone comfortable with the heat. Posters are direct that July sits within hurricane season (June through November), though most actual hurricane activity tends to occur later in the season rather than in July specifically. Posters generally describe a typical July day as sunny and hot with a brief afternoon shower rather than anything that would derail a beach-focused visit.

Negril-forum threads on September weather are candid about two overlapping realities: it sits deep in hurricane season, right at its statistical peak stretching from late August into early September, and it's also simply hot and muggy nearly every day regardless of storm activity. Despite the ominous framing, regulars who return every fall report years of trips without a serious weather incident - one long-time visitor recalls only a single direct hurricane hit and one near-miss across many years, each costing just a single lost day. Daily showers are common, typically brief rather than day-long, and posters consistently recommend travel insurance as the practical hedge rather than avoiding the month outright. Rates and crowds both drop meaningfully this time of year. The record: 30.4C days feeling like a punishing 37C, 26.7C nights, 82mm across 18.5 days, 79 percent humidity, a 31.2C sea and 10.8 hours of sun.

Negril-forum threads on December weather call it close to ideal: warm days with a nice trade wind, sunny with the odd cloud crossing the sun for relief, and a bay that runs calm most of the time. Water sits in the low 80s Fahrenheit, days in the low-to-mid 80s, nights cool enough that a light sweater feels good in the evening. Mid-December marks the start of the region's traditionally settled season, humidity and precipitation both tapering off from the months before, though posters note there have still been unusually soggy Christmases in the past. The one real risk flagged: a strong winter storm pushing down into Florida or Cuba can turn the bay choppy or worse, four-to-five-foot waves and a couple of days of heavy weather, though it is uncommon. The record: 28.7C days feeling like a sticky 32C, 24.8C nights, just 17mm across 4.2 days, a 28.8C sea, 76 percent humidity and 9.9 hours of sun - book before the holiday crowd for the best combination of weather and price.