French Guiana in January

Wet; carnival season begins at Epiphany.

• Coast (Cayenne to Saint-Laurent) · Cayenne, Kourou, Sinnamary, Saint-Laurent, Awala-Yalimaporainy

  Hot and humid, 23–32 °C. Dry season mid-August–November; the 'petit été de mars' brings a short drier break in March; heaviest rain April–June.

• Interior rainforest · Saül, Maripasoula, upper Maroni and Oyapockrainy

  Wetter; river levels drop from September, which makes some rapids harder for canoes by November.

• Cayenne30° / 23°, 20 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.

• Carnival (Epiphany to Ash Wednesday) big impact

  Jan–Feb/Mar

  Sunday parades and Touloulou balls; Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday are holidays.

• Carnaval de Guyane check

  Weekends from early January to Ash Wednesday (moves yearly) · Cayenne

  Costumed parades (touloulous), music and closed streets on peak weekends; hotels fill and prices rise — book ahead.

Crowds · French Guiana

Medium

Prices · French Guiana

Medium

• A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast

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