Maripasoula is warm all year: afternoons reach 31 to 34 degrees in every month
Yearly rainfall comes to 2,416 mm. From frosty January to warm July, readings climb 12°C. Set against mainland French towns, none of its figures stands out.
Figures from Météo-France’s Maripasoula station, 0.1 km south.
A year in Maripasoula at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Maripasoula station.
What a year in Maripasoula feels like
Typical highs and lows in the rainier and the drier half of the year, and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Maripasoula.
About 2,416 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and September the driest. About 82 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 13th wettest of 15 towns of 2,500+ in French Guiana.
Rain by month
Millimeters
The Météo-France station at Maripasoula
Maripasoula is 0.1 km south of Maripasoula. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Maripasoula itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Maripasoula (97353001) |
| Distance from the town | 0.1 km south |
| Station altitude | 106 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 97 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
TownRatings matches each commune to one station with at least 24 years of temperature and rain records: the nearest, counting every 100 m of height difference as 10 km, never across the sea.
How Maripasoula compares
Against the 15 towns of 2,500+ in French Guiana (the dots). Mainland France’s towns aren’t a fair comparison for a tropical climate.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km. Where a neighbor uses the same station its figures are the same: the differences you’d feel over a few kilometers aren’t in the normals.
| Town | Station | Warmest-month high | Coolest-month low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maripasoula | Maripasoula | 34.3°C | 22.0°C | 2,416 mm |
| Papaichton 23 km | same station | 34.3°C about the same | 22.0°C about the same | 2,416 mm |
Maripasoula weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Maripasoula station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C | 22.5°C | 26.8°C | 223 mm |
| February | 31.1°C | 22.5°C | 26.8°C | 235 mm |
| March | 31.6°C | 22.7°C | 27.1°C | 239 mm |
| April | 31.7°C | 23.0°C | 27.4°C | 285 mm |
| May | 31.7°C | 23.2°C | 27.4°C | 354 mm |
| June | 31.9°C | 22.8°C | 27.3°C | 281 mm |
| July | 32.2°C | 22.3°C | 27.3°C | 205 mm |
| August | 33.0°C | 22.2°C | 27.6°C | 160 mm |
| September | 33.9°C | 22.0°C | 27.9°C | 58 mm |
| October | 34.3°C | 22.2°C | 28.2°C | 70 mm |
| November | 33.7°C | 22.5°C | 28.1°C | 112 mm |
| December | 32.2°C | 22.7°C | 27.4°C | 195 mm |
| Year | 32.4°C | 22.6°C | 27.4°C | 2,416 mm |
Where Maripasoula’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Maripasoula, 0.1 km away: statistics for 1991–2020.
- Which station: among stations with at least 24 of the 30 years of temperature and rain, the nearest to the commune’s population-weighted center, counting each 100 m of height difference as 10 km; mainland towns use mainland stations and each overseas département its own.
- Altitudes: the town’s from IGN’s RGE ALTI® at its population-weighted center; the station’s from Météo-France.
- Comparisons: the towns of 2,500+ in French Guiana, read the same way.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Maripasoula’s climate
How warm does Maripasoula get in summer?
October is the warmest month, with average highs of 34.3°C. Météo-France publishes no count of hot days for this station.
Does Maripasoula ever get cool?
Not much: the coolest nights, in September, average 22.0°C.
How much rain does Maripasoula get?
About 2,416 mm a year. May is the wettest month (354 mm) and September the driest (58 mm).
Are these figures for Maripasoula itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Maripasoula, Maripasoula, 0.1 km away. France publishes its climate normals by station, not by commune; a valley, a hill or the sea can make a difference over a few kilometers.
Where do these figures come from?
Météo-France’s fiches climatologiques: 30-year averages (1991–2020) for each of its long-running stations, published as open data since 2024. They are normals, not a forecast.
Source: Météo-France, fiches climatologiques, 1991–2020 statistics (station MARIPASOULA, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Maripasoula →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.