Climate averages 1991–2020

Georgetown weather
in October.

A hot, wet month: one of the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

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

Average high 29.1°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 25.7°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 108 mm 19 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Georgetown · average highYear overview

October is a hot month in Georgetown: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.

Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes October a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Paramaribo (346 km away). In October its highs average 31.2°C, 2.2°C warmer than Georgetown, with 71 mm of rain.

From October to November, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 108 mm to 179 mm.

The annual picture

October 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 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, selected 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

October 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.