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Cayenne Climate & Temperature

⛺ Cayenne has a tropical monsoonal climate (Köppen-Geiger classification: Am) with a dry season and a heavy monsoon the rest of year, no cold season.tropical monsoonal climate (Am)

⛳ Cayenne is situated in or near the subtropical wet forest biome.

🌡️ The mean annual temperature is 26.8 degrees Celsius (80.2 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.

🐬 Average monthly temperatures vary by 1.5 °C (2.7°F). This indicates that the continentality type is hyperoceanic, subtype extremely hyperoceanic.

☔ Total annual precipitation averages 3744 mm (147.4 inches) which is equivalent to 3744 Litres/m² (91.83 Gallons/ft²).

Cayenne Climate Graph

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✨ The longest day of the year is 12:16 long on the 22 of June and the shortest day is 11:43 long on the 21 of December.

🌞 On average there are 2224 hours of sunshine per year. Visit the sunshine and daylight section to check monthly details including how high in the sky the sun reaches each month.

🐇Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Cayenne you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Ambon, Maluku Islands, Indonesia where you would find a Tropical wet climate.

🌍Cayenne, French Guiana is at 4°49'N, 52°22'W, 9 m (30 ft). Check the location on the map.

Cayenne Climate Table

Average Max Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
29 (84) 29 (84) 29 (84) 30 (86) 29 (84) 31 (88) 31 (88) 32 (90) 32 (90) 32 (90) 31 (88) 30 (86) 30 (87)
Average Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
26 (79) 26 (79) 26 (79) 27 (81) 26 (79) 27 (81) 27 (81) 28 (82) 28 (82) 28 (82) 27 (81) 27 (80) 27 (80)
Average Min Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
23 (73) 23 (73) 23 (73) 24 (75) 23 (73) 23 (73) 23 (73) 23 (73) 23 (73) 23 (73) 23 (73) 23 (73) 23 (74)
Average Precipitation mm (in)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
431 (17) 423 (17) 432 (17) 480 (19) 590 (23) 457 (18) 274 (11) 144 (6) 32 (1) 42 (2) 122 (5) 317 (12) 3744 (147)
Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day %)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
23 (74) 20 (71) 21 (68) 19 (63) 25 (81) 26 (87) 21 (68) 14 (45) 6 (20) 5 (16) 11 (37) 21 (68) 212 (58)
Average Sunlight Hours/ Day
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
4h 36' 4h 00' 4h 25' 4h 20' 4h 25' 5h 40' 6h 42' 7h 30' 8h 42' 8h 34' 7h 48' 6h 11' 6h 05'
Average Daylight Hours/ Day
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
11h 52' 11h 57' 12h 05' 12h 13' 12h 20' 12h 23' 12h 22' 12h 16' 12h 08' 12h 00' 11h 53' 11h 50' 12h 00'
Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
39 (61) 34 (66) 37 (63) 36 (64) 36 (64) 46 (54) 55 (45) 62 (38) 72 (28) 72 (28) 66 (34) 53 (47) 51 (49)
Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°).
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
65.2 74.4 85.2 82.9 74.6 71.4 74.4 82.8 85.4 73.9 64.9 61.7 74.8


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