Climate averages 1991–2020
Paramaribo weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Paramaribo: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cayenne (330 km away). In March its highs average 28.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Paramaribo, with 173 mm of rain.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 79 mm to 148 mm.
The annual picture
March 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 | 28.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 84 | 15.9 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Cayenne in MarchFrench Guiana · 330 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 173 mm rain
- Georgetown in MarchGuyana · 346 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Boa Vista in MarchBrazil · 698 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Macapá in MarchBrazil · 792 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 387 mm rain
- Santana in MarchBrazil · 792 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 335 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.