Climate averages 1991–2020
Paramaribo weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Paramaribo: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cayenne (330 km away). In February its highs average 27.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Paramaribo, with 205 mm of rain.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 mm to 79 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Paramaribo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 110 | 19.2 | 11.812 h |
| February, selected | 28.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 84 | 15.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 28.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 79 | 16.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 148 | 20.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 258 | 27.5 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 285 | 28.2 | 12.512 h |
| July | 29.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 214 | 26.1 | 12.412 h |
| August | 30.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 128 | 19.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 31.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 66 | 12.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 71 | 13.8 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 116 | 19.6 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 140 | 23.6 | 11.812 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
February in nearby cities
- Cayenne in FebruaryFrench Guiana · 330 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 205 mm rain
- Georgetown in FebruaryGuyana · 346 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 107 mm rain
- Boa Vista in FebruaryBrazil · 698 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Macapá in FebruaryBrazil · 792 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 325 mm rain
- Santana in FebruaryBrazil · 792 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 281 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 Paramaribo) is explained once on the Paramaribo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.