climigo

Suriname

When to go?

No ideal month: the best months are September–October, the least hot.

Very varied climate The climate changes a lot from one part to another: look at the cities below for the details.

Climate zones

BrazilFrench GuianaGuyanaParamariboParamariboParamaribo

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 31°23°
April 30°23°
May 30°24° torrential rain
June 31°24° torrential rain
July 31°24°
August 32°23°
September 33°24°
October 34°24°
November 33°24°
December 31°23°

Monthly min and max temperature (°C)

−5°0°5°10°15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec23.0 · 30.0 °CJanuary: 23.0 · 30.0 °C23.0 · 30.0 °CFebruary: 23.0 · 30.0 °C23.1 · 30.6 °CMarch: 23.1 · 30.6 °C23.3 · 30.4 °CApril: 23.3 · 30.4 °C23.6 · 30.2 °CMay: 23.6 · 30.2 °C23.6 · 30.5 °CJune: 23.6 · 30.5 °C23.5 · 30.8 °CJuly: 23.5 · 30.8 °C23.4 · 31.6 °CAugust: 23.4 · 31.6 °C23.5 · 33.0 °CSeptember: 23.5 · 33.0 °C23.6 · 33.6 °COctober: 23.6 · 33.6 °C23.6 · 32.5 °CNovember: 23.6 · 32.5 °C23.3 · 30.8 °CDecember: 23.3 · 30.8 °C

Monthly min and max temperature (°C)

Jan 23.0 – 30.0 °C
Feb 23.0 – 30.0 °C
Mar 23.1 – 30.6 °C
Apr 23.3 – 30.4 °C
May 23.6 – 30.2 °C
Jun 23.6 – 30.5 °C
Jul 23.5 – 30.8 °C
Aug 23.4 – 31.6 °C
Sep 23.5 – 33.0 °C
Oct 23.6 – 33.6 °C
Nov 23.6 – 32.5 °C
Dec 23.3 – 30.8 °C

How much it rains

January 196 mm18 d
February 202 mm15 d
March 179 mm15 d
April 276 mm19 d
May 379 mm24 d torrential rain
June 303 mm23 d torrential rain
July 246 mm21 d
August 151 mm13 d
September 69 mm7 d
October 55 mm6 d
November 89 mm10 d
December 169 mm17 d

Rain days and how much water

0102030 dJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec196 mm · 18 rain days · 11 mm a dayJanuary: 196 mm · 18 rain days · 11 mm a day202 mm · 15 rain days · 13 mm a dayFebruary: 202 mm · 15 rain days · 13 mm a day179 mm · 15 rain days · 12 mm a dayMarch: 179 mm · 15 rain days · 12 mm a day276 mm · 19 rain days · 15 mm a dayApril: 276 mm · 19 rain days · 15 mm a day379 mm · 24 rain days · 16 mm a dayMay: 379 mm · 24 rain days · 16 mm a day303 mm · 23 rain days · 13 mm a dayJune: 303 mm · 23 rain days · 13 mm a day246 mm · 21 rain days · 12 mm a dayJuly: 246 mm · 21 rain days · 12 mm a day151 mm · 13 rain days · 12 mm a dayAugust: 151 mm · 13 rain days · 12 mm a day69 mm · 7 rain days · 10 mm a daySeptember: 69 mm · 7 rain days · 10 mm a day55 mm · 6 rain days · 9 mm a dayOctober: 55 mm · 6 rain days · 9 mm a day89 mm · 10 rain days · 9 mm a dayNovember: 89 mm · 10 rain days · 9 mm a day169 mm · 17 rain days · 10 mm a dayDecember: 169 mm · 17 rain days · 10 mm a day

Rain days and how much water

Jan 196 mm18 d
Feb 202 mm15 d
Mar 179 mm15 d
Apr 276 mm19 d
May 379 mm24 d
Jun 303 mm23 d
Jul 246 mm21 d
Aug 151 mm13 d
Sep 69 mm7 d
Oct 55 mm6 d
Nov 89 mm10 d
Dec 169 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 55
February 12 h 00
March 12 h 05
April 12 h 12
May 12 h 18
June 12 h 21
July 12 h 20
August 12 h 15
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.

Main cities

Paramaribo

Cities