According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Suriname is February to March and August to November. Plan 10–15 days.
Best months for Suriname
- Best months
- February to March and August to November
- How long to stay
- 10–15 days
- Continent
- South America
What Suriname is best for
Explore pristine Amazon rainforest reserves, river lodges, Maroon heritage, and Paramaribo's wooden colonial architecture.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Suriname by month
Monthly averages around Paramaribo; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (138 mm) |
| February best | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (123 mm) |
| March best | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (108 mm) |
| April | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (195 mm) |
| May | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (276 mm) |
| June | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (249 mm) |
| July | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (183 mm) |
| August best | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (102 mm) |
| September best | about 28 °C | some rain (54 mm) |
| October best | about 28 °C | some rain (48 mm) |
| November best | about 28 °C | some rain (81 mm) |
| December | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (159 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Suriname
- Capital
- Paramaribo
- Language
- Dutch
- Currency
- Surinamese Dollar (SRD)
- Time
- UTC−3
- Plugs
- Type C, F · 127 V
- Driving
- On the left
- Calling code
- +597
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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