Best: Feb-Mar, Sep-Oct
Two separate wet seasons shape the year here, roughly around June and December, with drier, more reliable stretches in between rather than one long wet or dry season. In September, expect highs around 31°C with rain on roughly 4 days of the month.
The Kourou Space Centre offers tours (and occasionally rocket launches to watch) that are unlike anything else on the continent. The Îles du Salut, former penal colony islands offshore, make an atmospheric day trip with ruins now reclaimed by jungle.
Try Guianese-Creole dishes blending French, Caribbean, and South American influences.
Daylight, sunrise, and sunset are calculated exactly from this region's latitude. Temperature and rainfall are modeled from its general climate type, not measured station data. Month summaries are generated from those modeled figures.
Expect warm days around 30°/23°C, with frequent rain (~13 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 30°/23°C, with occasional rain (~6 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 31°/23°C, with occasional rain (~5 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 31°/23°C, with occasional rain (~8 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 30°/23°C, with very wet conditions (~16 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 29°/23°C, with very wet conditions (~19 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 30°/23°C, with very wet conditions (~17 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 31°/23°C, with occasional rain (~9 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 31°/23°C, with occasional rain (~4 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 31°/23°C, with occasional rain (~5 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 30°/23°C, with occasional rain (~9 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 30°/23°C, with frequent rain (~12 rainy days).