Paramaribo weather in January

In January, Paramaribo sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 110 mm of rain across 19.2 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Paramaribo's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Paramaribo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
11th warmest
Overnight low
23°
1st coldest
Rainfall
110 mm
19.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:59 AM – 6:41 PM
Cloud cover
69%
6th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.88 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Paramaribo is capital city of Suriname.

Density
1,229/km²
people per km²
Founded
1613

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical January day in Paramaribo reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Paramaribo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Paramaribo weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 23°11019.211.74.2
Feb29° / 23°8415.811.84.4
Mar30° / 24°7917124.2
Apr30° / 24°14920.412.13.6
May30° / 24°25827.512.32.9
Jun30° / 24°28528.212.32.7
Jul31° / 23°21426.212.33.0
Aug31° / 24°12919.412.23.5
Sep32° / 24°6612.6123.8
Oct32° / 24°7113.911.93.6
Nov31° / 24°11619.611.73.3
Dec30° / 24°14023.611.73.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Paramaribo gets around 110 mm of rain over 19.2 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 62% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
169
268
367
467
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 93% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11954
21954
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41963
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82953
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Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of January to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:54 AM to 7:02 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 6:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:546:34
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511.76:556:36
611.76:566:36
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.79 kWh/m² to a high of 6.45 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 4.88 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Paramaribo

In seasonPeak

None of Paramaribo's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Paramaribo's rainy season runs April–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Paramaribo?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Paramaribo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Paramaribo in January

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

In January, Paramaribo sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Paramaribo in January

The nearest coast averages about 26°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 29 km away) is warmest in August at about 28°C and coldest in February near 26°C.

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

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan26Warm
Feb26Warm
Mar27Warm
Apr27Warm
May27Warm
Jun27Warm
Jul28Warm
Aug28Tropical
Sep28Tropical
Oct28Tropical
Nov28Warm
Dec27Warm

UV index in Paramaribo in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Paramaribo peaks around March 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 20UV 15Dec 11UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Paramaribo in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Paramaribo is worst in April — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.0× the cleanest month (August, 9 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateApr 1225 µg/m³Aug 209 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr26Moderate
May22Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul10Good
Aug9Good
Sep9Good
Oct11Good
Nov13Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Paramaribo?

Paramaribo sits at 5.9°N, 55.2°W, 5 m above sea level, in Suriname. The nearest listed city is Munder Buiten, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Paramaribo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Paramaribo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m around an average of 3 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 275 m.

The land around Paramaribo is covered by grassland (39%), artificial surfaces (24%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, water (28%), grassland (26%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and water (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
29 m
16 km
32 m
80 km
275 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
January weather nearby: Munder Buiten 3.0 km · Rainville 5.0 km · Weg naar Zee 5.0 km · Tammenga 6.0 km · Blauwgrond 6.0 km · Welgelegen 6.0 km · Beekhuizen 7.0 km · Flora 8.0 km

Suriname travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
127 / 220 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 31% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$7,070
2025
Happiness
6.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2015
Safe drinking water
56%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
6.5
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
15.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 24%Hindu 22%Roman Catholic 22%Muslim 14%

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 Paramaribo (5.8664°, -55.1668°, elevation 5 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).