Climate averages 1991–2020

Paramaribo weather
in June.

A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.

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

Average high 28.9°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 23.6°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 285 mm 28 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Paramaribo · average highYear overview

June is a hot month in Paramaribo: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 285 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes June a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Cayenne (330 km away). In June its highs average 28.3°C, 0.5°C cooler than Paramaribo, with 343 mm of rain.

From June to July, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 285 mm to 214 mm.

The annual picture

June 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 3000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Paramaribo, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.1°C23.5°C23.5°C11019.211.812 h
February 28.3°C23.6°C23.6°C8415.911.912 h
March 28.8°C23.8°C23.8°C7916.912.112 h
April 29.1°C24.1°C24.1°C14820.412.212 h
May 29.0°C24.0°C24.0°C25827.512.412 h
June, selected 28.9°C23.6°C23.6°C28528.212.512 h
July 29.2°C23.5°C23.5°C21426.112.412 h
August 30.0°C23.8°C23.8°C12819.412.312 h
September 31.0°C24.2°C24.2°C6612.612.212 h
October 31.2°C24.5°C24.5°C7113.812.012 h
November 30.2°C24.3°C24.3°C11619.611.912 h
December 28.7°C23.8°C23.8°C14023.611.812 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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Paramaribo

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 Paramaribo) is explained once on the Paramaribo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.