Climate averages 1991–2020
Georgetown weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Georgetown: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 161 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Paramaribo (346 km away). In August its highs average 30.0°C, 1.4°C warmer than Georgetown, with 128 mm of rain.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 161 mm to 96 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages 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
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 160 | 23.5 | 11.812 h |
| February | 27.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 107 | 18.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 27.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 93 | 18.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 130 | 20.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 27.7°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 253 | 26.5 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 315 | 29.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 27.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 241 | 29.4 | 12.512 h |
| August, selected | 28.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 161 | 25.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 96 | 18.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 108 | 19.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.2°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 179 | 23.8 | 11.812 h |
| December | 27.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 207 | 27.1 | 11.712 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
August in nearby cities
- Paramaribo in AugustSuriname · 346 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 128 mm rain
- Upata in AugustVenezuela · 488 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 154 mm rain
- Tucupita in AugustVenezuela · 497 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Ciudad Guayana in AugustVenezuela · 523 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 161 mm rain
- Boa Vista in AugustBrazil · 524 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 156 mm rain
- Port of Spain in AugustTrinidad and Tobago · 567 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.6°C · 135 mm rain
- Ciudad Bolívar in AugustVenezuela · 612 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 221 mm rain
- Maturín in AugustVenezuela · 643 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 121 mm rain
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 limitsHow 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.