Guyana in January

Short wet season tails off; savannah dry.

January is rated mixed. These months rate higher:

• MarchGreatDry and clear; Phagwah (Holi) in March.
• AprilGreatGood weather; Easter Rupununi Rodeo in Lethem.
• SeptemberGreatLong dry season starts; good for wildlife.
• OctoberGreatDry; best time for the Rupununi and river trips.

• Coast and Georgetown · Georgetown, Berbice, Essequibo coastrainy

  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 riversrainy

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

• Rupununi savannah · Lethem, Karanambu, Rewa, Surama edgebest weather

  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.

• Georgetown30 °C (86 °F) / 24 °C (75 °F), 15 rain days86 °F (30 °C) / 75 °F (24 °C), 15 rain days
• Bartica30 °C (86 °F) / 22 °C (72 °F), 12 rain days86 °F (30 °C) / 72 °F (22 °C), 12 rain days
• Charity30 °C (86 °F) / 23 °C (73 °F), 14 rain days86 °F (30 °C) / 73 °F (23 °C), 14 rain days
• Lethem30 °C (86 °F) / 22 °C (72 °F), 5 rain days86 °F (30 °C) / 72 °F (22 °C), 5 rain days
• Linden30 °C (86 °F) / 23 °C (73 °F), 16 rain days86 °F (30 °C) / 73 °F (23 °C), 16 rain days
• Mabaruma30 °C (86 °F) / 23 °C (73 °F), 16 rain days86 °F (30 °C) / 73 °F (23 °C), 16 rain days
• Michelle's Island30 °C (86 °F) / 24 °C (75 °F), 16 rain days86 °F (30 °C) / 75 °F (24 °C), 16 rain days
• New Amsterdam30 °C (86 °F) / 23 °C (73 °F), 16 rain days86 °F (30 °C) / 73 °F (23 °C), 16 rain days
• Paramakatoi28 °C (82 °F) / 22 °C (72 °F), 5 rain days82 °F (28 °C) / 72 °F (22 °C), 5 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.

• New Year's Day

  1 Jan

  Closures.

Crowds · Guyana

Low

Prices · Guyana

Medium

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

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Rated best or good this month

• Rupununi savannah

  Best weather of the year (Lethem, Karanambu, Rewa, Surama edge)

• Bartica

  Best months: Sep–Apr

• Charity

  Best months: Sep–Apr

• Lethem

  Best months: Sep–Apr (dry season)

• Linden

  Best months: Sep–Apr (dry season)

• Mabaruma

  Best months: Sep–Apr (dry season)

• Michelle's Island

  Best months: Sep–Apr (dry season)

• New Amsterdam

  Best months: Sep–Apr (dry season)

• Paramakatoi

  Best months: Sep–Apr (dry season)