Paramaribo climate

Name: Paramaribo
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Paramaribo is warmest in October, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 24 °C. June is the wettest month (275 mm) and September the driest (64 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Paramaribo averages 1,680 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

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Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month October 30 °C
Coldest month January 24 °C
Driest month September 64 mm
Wettest month June 275 mm
Least cloud September 43 % cloud
Hottest on record October 34 °C
Coldest on record December 21 °C
Warmest sea August 28 °C

What to expectParamaribo through the year

Paramaribo changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 28 and 30 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 60 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 275 mm against 64 mm in September — 4.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Paramaribo is warmest in August at 28 °C and coldest in February at 26 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.7 °C	112 mm	65 %
February	27.8 °C	85 mm	66 %
March	28.3 °C	80 mm	66 %
April	28.6 °C	154 mm	72 %
May	28.5 °C	255 mm	79 %
June	28.4 °C	275 mm	78 %
July	28.7 °C	207 mm	64 %
August	29.5 °C	127 mm	50 %
September	30.3 °C	64 mm	43 %
October	30.5 °C	71 mm	52 %
November	29.6 °C	115 mm	62 %
December	28.3 °C	137 mm	66 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.7 °C	23.9 °C	25.4 °C	30.1 °C	21.5 °C	31	0
February	27.8 °C	24.0 °C	25.6 °C	31.3 °C	22.2 °C	28	0
March	28.3 °C	24.2 °C	25.9 °C	31.5 °C	22.5 °C	31	2
April	28.6 °C	24.4 °C	26.1 °C	32.0 °C	22.6 °C	30	1
May	28.5 °C	24.3 °C	26.0 °C	31.0 °C	22.8 °C	31	1
June	28.4 °C	24.0 °C	25.7 °C	31.5 °C	22.3 °C	30	1
July	28.7 °C	23.9 °C	25.8 °C	31.4 °C	22.5 °C	31	1
August	29.5 °C	24.3 °C	26.5 °C	32.6 °C	22.4 °C	31	6
September	30.3 °C	24.6 °C	27.0 °C	33.3 °C	22.9 °C	30	17
October	30.5 °C	24.9 °C	27.2 °C	33.7 °C	22.9 °C	31	20
November	29.6 °C	24.6 °C	26.6 °C	32.3 °C	22.9 °C	30	10
December	28.3 °C	24.1 °C	25.8 °C	31.1 °C	20.9 °C	31	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	112 mm	19	12 h/day	65 %	83 %	17 km/h	26.4 °C
February	85 mm	16	12 h/day	66 %	81 %	19 km/h	26.2 °C
March	80 mm	16	12 h/day	66 %	79 %	19 km/h	26.5 °C
April	154 mm	20	12 h/day	72 %	82 %	18 km/h	26.8 °C
May	255 mm	27	12 h/day	79 %	85 %	16 km/h	27.0 °C
June	275 mm	28	12 h/day	78 %	87 %	14 km/h	27.4 °C
July	207 mm	26	12 h/day	64 %	86 %	12 km/h	27.9 °C
August	127 mm	19	12 h/day	50 %	84 %	12 km/h	28.3 °C
September	64 mm	12	12 h/day	43 %	81 %	14 km/h	28.3 °C
October	71 mm	14	12 h/day	52 %	81 %	15 km/h	28.2 °C
November	115 mm	19	12 h/day	62 %	83 %	15 km/h	27.7 °C
December	137 mm	23	12 h/day	66 %	85 %	16 km/h	26.9 °C

How Paramaribo compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Paramaribo	30 °C	24 °C	1,680 mm	365
Cayenne · French Guiana	31 °C	23 °C	2,528 mm	364
Georgetown · Guyana	29 °C	24 °C	2,070 mm	365
Boa Vista · Brazil	33 °C	22 °C	1,782 mm	364

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Paramaribo.

QuestionsCommon questions about Paramaribo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Paramaribo?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, June sit closest to 20 °C on average, October is the warmest month and September the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Paramaribo get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 60 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 24 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Paramaribo?

June, averaging 275 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is September with 64 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,680 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Paramaribo rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 5.866°, -55.167° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.