Guyana in May

Main rains begin; Kaieteur full, roads worsen.

May 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 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 edgerainy

  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), 20 rain days86 °F (30 °C) / 75 °F (24 °C), 20 rain days
• Bartica33 °C (91 °F) / 24 °C (75 °F), 14 rain days91 °F (33 °C) / 75 °F (24 °C), 14 rain days
• Charity31 °C (88 °F) / 24 °C (75 °F), 20 rain days88 °F (31 °C) / 75 °F (24 °C), 20 rain days
• Lethem31 °C (88 °F) / 23 °C (73 °F), 14 rain days88 °F (31 °C) / 73 °F (23 °C), 14 rain days
• Linden31 °C (88 °F) / 24 °C (75 °F), 20 rain days88 °F (31 °C) / 75 °F (24 °C), 20 rain days
• Mabaruma31 °C (88 °F) / 24 °C (75 °F), 20 rain days88 °F (31 °C) / 75 °F (24 °C), 20 rain days
• Michelle's Island31 °C (88 °F) / 24 °C (75 °F), 23 rain days88 °F (31 °C) / 75 °F (24 °C), 23 rain days
• New Amsterdam31 °C (88 °F) / 24 °C (75 °F), 21 rain days88 °F (31 °C) / 75 °F (24 °C), 21 rain days
• Paramakatoi32 °C (90 °F) / 25 °C (77 °F), 7 rain days90 °F (32 °C) / 77 °F (25 °C), 7 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.

• Labour Day

  1 May

  Closures.

• Arrival Day

  5 May

  Marks the arrival of Indian indentured workers in 1838.

• Independence Day

  26 May

  Flag-raising and events.

• Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Adha, Youman Nabi

  Varies (Islamic calendar)

  Public holidays; dates move each year.

Crowds · Guyana

Low

Prices · Guyana

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