climigo

French Guiana

When to go?

No ideal month: the best months are September–October, the least hot. Avoid November–August (hot, at times often rainy and torrential rain).

Climate zones

BrazilSurinameCayenneCayenneCayenneKourouKourouKourouSaint-Laurent-du-MaroniSaint-Laurent-du-MaroniSaint-Laurent-du-Maroni

Mean maximum and minimum temperature and mean monthly precipitation of the season (the mean of its three months), ERA5-Land 1996–2025, at about 9 km resolution: colours are in levels (the same as the city scale) and smaller details are not real.

What is the climate like?

Area mean indicative, over the whole territory

Temperature and rain

January 30°23°
February 30°23°
March 30°23°
April 30°23° torrential rain
May 30°23° torrential rain
June 31°23°
July 31°23°
August 32°23°
September 33°23°
October 33°23°
November 32°23°
December 30°23°

Monthly min and max temperature (°C)

−5°0°5°10°15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec22.8 · 29.6 °CJanuary: 22.8 · 29.6 °C22.8 · 29.5 °CFebruary: 22.8 · 29.5 °C22.9 · 30.0 °CMarch: 22.9 · 30.0 °C23.1 · 30.0 °CApril: 23.1 · 30.0 °C23.3 · 30.1 °CMay: 23.3 · 30.1 °C23.1 · 30.5 °CJune: 23.1 · 30.5 °C22.8 · 30.7 °CJuly: 22.8 · 30.7 °C22.6 · 31.5 °CAugust: 22.6 · 31.5 °C22.6 · 32.9 °CSeptember: 22.6 · 32.9 °C22.8 · 33.1 °COctober: 22.8 · 33.1 °C23.0 · 32.1 °CNovember: 23.0 · 32.1 °C23.0 · 30.4 °CDecember: 23.0 · 30.4 °C

Monthly min and max temperature (°C)

Jan 22.8 – 29.6 °C
Feb 22.8 – 29.5 °C
Mar 22.9 – 30.0 °C
Apr 23.1 – 30.0 °C
May 23.3 – 30.1 °C
Jun 23.1 – 30.5 °C
Jul 22.8 – 30.7 °C
Aug 22.6 – 31.5 °C
Sep 22.6 – 32.9 °C
Oct 22.8 – 33.1 °C
Nov 23.0 – 32.1 °C
Dec 23.0 – 30.4 °C

How much it rains

January 265 mm21 d
February 277 mm19 d
March 249 mm19 d
April 336 mm22 d torrential rain
May 408 mm26 d torrential rain
June 276 mm23 d
July 208 mm18 d
August 125 mm9 d
September 54 mm4 d
October 63 mm5 d
November 113 mm9 d
December 223 mm17 d

Rain days and how much water

0102030 dJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec265 mm · 21 rain days · 13 mm a dayJanuary: 265 mm · 21 rain days · 13 mm a day277 mm · 19 rain days · 15 mm a dayFebruary: 277 mm · 19 rain days · 15 mm a day249 mm · 19 rain days · 13 mm a dayMarch: 249 mm · 19 rain days · 13 mm a day336 mm · 22 rain days · 15 mm a dayApril: 336 mm · 22 rain days · 15 mm a day408 mm · 26 rain days · 16 mm a dayMay: 408 mm · 26 rain days · 16 mm a day276 mm · 23 rain days · 12 mm a dayJune: 276 mm · 23 rain days · 12 mm a day208 mm · 18 rain days · 12 mm a dayJuly: 208 mm · 18 rain days · 12 mm a day125 mm · 9 rain days · 14 mm a dayAugust: 125 mm · 9 rain days · 14 mm a day54 mm · 4 rain days · 14 mm a daySeptember: 54 mm · 4 rain days · 14 mm a day63 mm · 5 rain days · 13 mm a dayOctober: 63 mm · 5 rain days · 13 mm a day113 mm · 9 rain days · 13 mm a dayNovember: 113 mm · 9 rain days · 13 mm a day223 mm · 17 rain days · 13 mm a dayDecember: 223 mm · 17 rain days · 13 mm a day

Rain days and how much water

Jan 265 mm21 d
Feb 277 mm19 d
Mar 249 mm19 d
Apr 336 mm22 d
May 408 mm26 d
Jun 276 mm23 d
Jul 208 mm18 d
Aug 125 mm9 d
Sep 54 mm4 d
Oct 63 mm5 d
Nov 113 mm9 d
Dec 223 mm17 d

Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day

Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm

Daylight hours

January 11 h 56
February 12 h 00
March 12 h 05
April 12 h 12
May 12 h 17
June 12 h 20
July 12 h 19
August 12 h 14
September 12 h 08
October 12 h 02
November 11 h 57
December 11 h 54

Mean daylight hours over the whole territory.

Spatial mean over the whole area, weighted by area (cosine of the latitude), not by population: indicative only, since the climate varies a lot within an area (coasts, plains, mountains). Look at the cities for the weather you will find.

Cities