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When to go to Paramaribo
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When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Paramaribo has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in January to March and August to November.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): April to July and December.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): January to December.
- The warmest month is October (30°C) and the coolest January (28°C). The wettest is May (286 mm) and the driest October (51 mm); about 1,745 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanMild–warm, mixed
- FebMild–warm, mixed
- MarMild–warm, mixed
- AprWet
- MayWet
- JunWet
- JulWet
- AugMild–warm, mixed
- SeptMild–warm, mixed
- OctMild–warm, mixed
- NovMild–warm, mixed
- DecWet
Month by month
Every month in Paramaribo
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28°C | 25°C | 142 mm | 82% | 61% | 4.5 | 23°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| February | 28°C | 25°C | 116 mm | 81% | 66% | 4.6 | 24°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| March | 28°C | 25°C | 111 mm | 80% | 63% | 4.9 | 27°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| April | 28°C | 25°C | 194 mm | 82% | 69% | 4.9 | 31°C | Wet |
| May | 28°C | 25°C | 286 mm | 87% | 74% | 4.6 | 35°C | Wet |
| June | 28°C | 25°C | 251 mm | 88% | 69% | 4.9 | 37°C | Wet |
| July | 28°C | 25°C | 190 mm | 87% | 60% | 5.5 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 29°C | 25°C | 105 mm | 83% | 50% | 6 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| September | 30°C | 26°C | 53 mm | 79% | 39% | 6.3 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| October | 30°C | 26°C | 51 mm | 78% | 47% | 6 | 34°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| November | 30°C | 26°C | 81 mm | 81% | 57% | 5.2 | 29°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| December | 28°C | 25°C | 165 mm | 83% | 63% | 4.5 | 25°C | Wet |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
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