Just a rainy day in Suriname
Today (March 11) we had some sun, but for the most part of the day we had rain. Even though this rain is not as cold and irritating as most rain is on the northern hemisphere, it will get you wet. So we do need the rain, but we don’t always like it when it’s here.
Climate
Suriname lies a little north off the equator, so we have humid tropical weather here. We have 4 seasons: 2 dry seasons and 2 rainy (wet) seasons. From February to April we have a short dry season, from April to August a long rainy season, from August to November the long dry season and from November to February the short rainy season. Very important note is that these seasons are never completely dry or rainy.
Suriname is outside what is known as “the hurricane zone”. We don’t know tornado’s and hurricanes here. The “sibi busi” (sibi = broom, busi = literally bush, forest) is the heaviest rainfall combined with winds we know here.
Temperature
The temperature in Suriname varies somewhere between 20 and 34 degrees Celsius. The best weather for visiting Suriname will be during the long dry season between August and November.
It’s always funny to think about how we here are freezing our butts off when we reach temperatures of 18 degrees. But make no mistake, a lot of visitors adapt to the weather really fast, and even they get uncomfortable with the “cold”, especially when they have been sweating in temperatures of 28 degrees all day long.
For a lot of visitors the climate alone is enough to convince them to come and relax here during the winter. But that’s not all Suriname has to offer. However, I don’t think you expect me to write that all in one post! And even if you did, I will leave some more for some other time.
