Climate averages 1991–2020
Georgetown weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Georgetown: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 253 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Paramaribo (346 km away). In May its highs average 29.0°C, 1.3°C warmer than Georgetown, with 258 mm of rain.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 253 mm to 315 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Paramaribo in MaySuriname · 346 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 258 mm rain
- Upata in MayVenezuela · 488 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Tucupita in MayVenezuela · 497 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Ciudad Guayana in MayVenezuela · 523 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Boa Vista in MayBrazil · 524 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 343 mm rain
- Port of Spain in MayTrinidad and Tobago · 567 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Ciudad Bolívar in MayVenezuela · 612 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 139 mm rain
- Maturín in MayVenezuela · 643 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 85 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.