Climate averages 1991–2020
Paramaribo weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Paramaribo: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 258 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cayenne (330 km away). In May its highs average 28.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Paramaribo, with 411 mm of rain.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 258 mm to 285 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Cayenne in MayFrench Guiana · 330 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 411 mm rain
- Georgetown in MayGuyana · 346 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 253 mm rain
- Boa Vista in MayBrazil · 698 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 343 mm rain
- Macapá in MayBrazil · 792 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 357 mm rain
- Santana in MayBrazil · 792 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 324 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.