 | Climate of Cayenne, French Guiana Average Weather |
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- Cayenne, French Guiana is at 4°49'N, 52°22'W, 9 m (30 ft). See map.
- 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.
- According to the Holdridge life zones system of bioclimatic classification Cayenne is situated in or near the subtropical wet forest biome.
- The annual mean 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).
- 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.
- If you were to burrow down through the Earth from Cayenne you would come out nearest to the climate station at Ambon, Maluku Islands, Indonesia where you would find a Tropical wet climate.
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