Climate averages 1991–2020
Georgetown weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Georgetown: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes January a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Paramaribo (346 km away). In January its highs average 28.1°C, 1.3°C warmer than Georgetown, with 110 mm of rain.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 160 mm to 107 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Paramaribo in JanuarySuriname · 346 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 110 mm rain
- Upata in JanuaryVenezuela · 488 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Tucupita in JanuaryVenezuela · 497 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Ciudad Guayana in JanuaryVenezuela · 523 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Boa Vista in JanuaryBrazil · 524 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Port of Spain in JanuaryTrinidad and Tobago · 567 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Ciudad Bolívar in JanuaryVenezuela · 612 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Maturín in JanuaryVenezuela · 643 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 39 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.