Georgetown weather in March

In March, Georgetown sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 94 mm of rain across 18.6 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in March, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Georgetown's 5th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Georgetown's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
9th warmest
Overnight low
24°
5th coldest
Rainfall
94 mm
18.6 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:04 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover
61%
5th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Georgetown is capital city of Guyana.

Density
1,592/km²
people per km²
Founded
1781

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical March day in Georgetown reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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How March really feels in Georgetown

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Georgetown weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 24°16023.511.64.6
Feb27° / 24°10518.311.85.0
Mar28° / 24°9418.6125.1
Apr28° / 25°13020.112.14.4
May28° / 25°25326.512.33.7
Jun28° / 24°31529.112.43.4
Jul28° / 24°24129.412.43.3
Aug29° / 25°16125.512.23.7
Sep30° / 25°9618.2124.3
Oct30° / 26°10819.311.84.2
Nov29° / 25°17923.811.73.8
Dec28° / 24°20727.111.63.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
25149
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Georgetown gets around 94 mm of rain over 18.6 wet days in March, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 61% and peaks near 63% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the oppressive band about 92% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in March

Winds average 16 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:10 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 5:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:106:02
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311.96:096:02
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511.96:096:02
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Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.25 kWh/m² to a high of 5.78 kWh/m² in September across the year — March's 5.45 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Georgetown?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.1
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Georgetown for sightseeing.

What to pack for Georgetown in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Georgetown sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Georgetown in March

The nearest coast averages about 27°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in September at about 29°C and coldest in February near 27°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb27Warm
Mar27Warm
Apr28Warm
May28Warm
Jun28Warm
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Warm

UV index in Georgetown in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Georgetown peaks around March 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 21UV 14Dec 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Georgetown in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Georgetown is worst in April — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 1526 µg/m³Aug 2112 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan18Moderate
Feb21Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr26Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep13Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Georgetown?

Georgetown sits at 6.8°N, 58.2°W, 3 m above sea level, in Guyana. The nearest listed city is Parika, 30 km away.

BarticaLindenNew AmsterdamMabaruma

Topography around Georgetown

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Georgetown.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Georgetown has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 287 m.

The land around Georgetown is covered by artificial surfaces (43%) and water (24%) within 3 km, water (42%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and water (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
17 m
16 km
25 m
80 km
287 m
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March weather nearby: Parika 30 km · Bartica 68 km · Linden 90 km · New Amsterdam 94 km · Mabaruma 237 km · Weg naar Zee 341 km · Welgelegen 342 km · Tammenga 344 km

Guyana travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type A / B / D / G
240 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 33% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$32,414
2025
Happiness
6.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2011
Safe drinking water
67%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
19.1
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
22.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 35%Hindu 25%other Christian 21%Roman Catholic 7%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Georgetown (6.8045°, -58.1553°, elevation 3 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).