Guyana in August

Rains ease; Emancipation Day 1 August.

August is rated mixed. These months rate higher:

• SeptemberGreatLong dry season starts; good for wildlife.
• OctoberGreatDry; best time for the Rupununi and river trips.
• NovemberGreatDry and hot; Diwali lights on the coast.
• MarchGreatDry and clear; Phagwah (Holi) in March.

• Coast and Georgetown · Georgetown, Berbice, Essequibo coastfine

  Hot and humid all year, 24–31 °C (75–88 °F), cooled by trade winds; two wet seasons, the heavier May–July and a shorter one December–January.Hot and humid all year, 75–88 °F (24–31 °C), cooled by trade winds; two wet seasons, the heavier May–July and a shorter one December–January.

• Rainforest interior · Kaieteur, Iwokrama, Essequibo and Potaro riversfine

  Rain possible any day; Kaieteur Falls is fullest in the wet months, clearest views in the dry ones.

• Rupununi savannah · Lethem, Karanambu, Rewa, Surama edgefine

  One long wet season about May–August, when the savannah floods and the Lethem road can close; dry and hot the rest of the year.

• Georgetown31 °C (88 °F) / 24 °C (75 °F), 16 rain days88 °F (31 °C) / 75 °F (24 °C), 16 rain days
• Bartica33 °C (91 °F) / 24 °C (75 °F), 18 rain days91 °F (33 °C) / 75 °F (24 °C), 18 rain days
• Charity32 °C (90 °F) / 24 °C (75 °F), 15 rain days90 °F (32 °C) / 75 °F (24 °C), 15 rain days
• Lethem31 °C (88 °F) / 24 °C (75 °F), 15 rain days88 °F (31 °C) / 75 °F (24 °C), 15 rain days
• Linden32 °C (90 °F) / 23 °C (73 °F), 16 rain days90 °F (32 °C) / 73 °F (23 °C), 16 rain days
• Mabaruma31 °C (88 °F) / 24 °C (75 °F), 18 rain days88 °F (31 °C) / 75 °F (24 °C), 18 rain days
• Michelle's Island31 °C (88 °F) / 24 °C (75 °F), 18 rain days88 °F (31 °C) / 75 °F (24 °C), 18 rain days
• New Amsterdam32 °C (90 °F) / 24 °C (75 °F), 16 rain days90 °F (32 °C) / 75 °F (24 °C), 16 rain days
• Paramakatoi33 °C (91 °F) / 26 °C (79 °F), 13 rain days91 °F (33 °C) / 79 °F (26 °C), 13 rain days

Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.

• Emancipation Day

  1 Aug

  African heritage festivals at the National Park.

Crowds · Guyana

Medium

Prices · Guyana

Medium

Weather, crowds and prices for any two months in Guyana, side by side.

Nothing unusual for the weather this month.

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