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French Guiana
3 cities in the atlas · 3 airports with scheduled flights
Photo: Cayambe · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Cayenne
- Currency
- EUR
- Euro
- Local time
- French Guiana TimeUTC-03:00
- Calling code
- +594
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C and E
Facts
French Guiana in figures
From named datasets: GeoNames, CLDR, the World Bank and Wikidata. Each is credited at the foot of the page.
- Capital
- Cayenne
- Currency
- Euro EURToday's indicative rate: EUR 1 ≈ USD 1.12Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: FrenchSpoken: French
- Time zones
- French Guiana TimeUTC-03:00
- Calling code
- +594
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C and E220 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- Not recorded in Wikidata
- Population
- 195,506 (GeoNames, no reference year)
- Area
- 91,000 km²
- Internet domain
- .gf
When to go
Climate across French Guiana
On these averages, Cayenne has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in August to November.
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
Cities
Cities in French Guiana
All 3 places in the atlas: capitals, cities of 300,000 people or more, the places its airports serve, and the ones we have written guides to.
Smaller places with an airport · 2
Airports
Airports in French Guiana
Airports with scheduled flights and an IATA code, from OurAirports.
Large airports
Medium airports · 2
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
Plan it
Plan a trip to French Guiana
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