Weather in Para

Calculated from weather data of Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (SMJP) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	30.3	31.8	29.1	30.0	30.1	30.8
February	30.3	32.7	29.0	30.1	30.1	30.5
March	31.4	33.3	31.0	30.1	30.8	32.2
April	31.0	32.8	31.8	29.8	30.1	31.3
May	30.6		31.3	30.8	30.1	30.8
June	31.3		31.8	31.3	31.3	31.0
July	31.7		31.6	31.6	31.8	32.1
August	32.9		34.2	32.6	32.7	32.6
September	33.8		34.3	34.2	33.2	33.7
October	33.7		34.2	33.3	33.5	33.3
November	32.4		33.2	31.8	31.8	31.8
December	30.7		31.8	30.3	30.6	31.3
Average	31.7	32.7	31.9	31.4	31.3	31.8

1st highest temperature of Suriname

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	21.6	22	19	23	23	22
February	21.8	22	21	22	23	22
March	22.1	23	21	23	23	22
April	22.6	22	22	23	23	23
May	23.0		22	24	22	23
June	22.8		22	23	23	24
July	22.9		24	23	23	23
August	22.9		25	23	23	23
September	23.1		24	24	22	23
October	23.2		25	23	24	22
November	22.7		25	21	22	22
December	22.7		24	21	24	23
Average	22.6	22.0	22.8	22.6	22.7	22.5

1st lowest temperature of Suriname

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	113	233	241	253	291
25 °C or warmer	121	332	353	364	357
20 °C or warmer	121	335	354	365	358
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	17.1	14	22	17	19	12
February	17.3	4	31	24	14	10
March	13.5	8	14	24	18	10
April	20.2	13	13	31	27	15
May	23.1		18	25	23	23
June	11.8		6	10	13	13
July	7.7		10	8	7	6
August	3.3		1	5	4	3
September	1.6		1	1	2	1
October	2.4		1	4	2	2
November	7.6		4	7	10	9
December	18.0		12	12	16	14
Average	12.0	9.7	11.8	13.8	12.8	10.0

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.3	12	10	12	13	13
February	13.4	13	12	11	15	15
March	13.9	13	13	13	16	15
April	12.4	13	11	12	11	14
May	11.5		10	11	12	13
June	9.6		9	8	10	10
July	9.0		9	8	8	10
August	9.7		9	9	9	10
September	10.3		9	10	10	11
October	11.3		10	11	10	12
November	11.4		11	10	10	11
December	11.6		10	10	11	11
Average	11.6	12.8	10.5	10.4	11.1	11.9

2nd highest wind speed of Suriname

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	NE	NE	NE	E	NE
February	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
March	NE	NE	NE	E	NE
April	NE	NE	NE	E	NE
May		NE	NE	E	E
June		E	E	E	E
July		E	E	E	SE
August		E	E	E	SE
September		E	E	E	SE
October		E	E	E	E
November		E	E	NE	E
December		E	E	NE	E

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Para weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Para?

The warmest month is September with an average temperature of 34 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Para?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 30 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Para?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in May with a probability of around 23.1 %.

Which month is the driest in Para?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in September. The probability is about 1.6 %.