Climate averages 1991–2020

Georgetown weather
in April.

A warm, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.7°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 24.9°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 130 mm 20 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Georgetown · average highYear overview

April is a warm month in Georgetown: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes April a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Paramaribo (346 km away). In April its highs average 29.1°C, 1.3°C warmer than Georgetown, with 148 mm of rain.

From April to May, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 130 mm to 253 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Georgetown climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Georgetown, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 26.8°C24.1°C24.1°C16023.511.812 h
February 27.0°C24.2°C24.2°C10718.511.912 h
March 27.4°C24.5°C24.5°C9318.612.112 h
April, selected 27.7°C24.9°C24.9°C13020.112.312 h
May 27.7°C24.7°C24.7°C25326.512.412 h
June 27.4°C24.3°C24.3°C31529.112.513 h
July 27.8°C24.2°C24.2°C24129.412.512 h
August 28.6°C24.8°C24.8°C16125.512.312 h
September 29.1°C25.5°C25.5°C9618.112.212 h
October 29.1°C25.7°C25.7°C10819.312.012 h
November 28.2°C25.1°C25.1°C17923.811.812 h
December 27.2°C24.4°C24.4°C20727.111.712 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

April in nearby cities

Distance from Georgetown

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Georgetown) is explained once on the Georgetown year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.