Georgetown
Capital of Guyana: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Georgetown is the capital of Guyana, in Demerara-Mahaica. About 235,017 people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Guyana in our atlas.
It lies at 6.80° N, 58.16° W, about 3 m (10 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Guyana time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Georgetown. Green dots: other major cities of Guyana. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Georgetown has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The warmest month is usually Sep, with average highs near 29°C (84°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 25°C (77°F). Around 2,303 mm (91 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in May.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in GuyanaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3378644 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q10717 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Guyana Zoo - Georgetown (23569254421): Dan Sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Georgetown (23543047122): Dan Sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Georgetown City Hall, Georgetown, Guyana: JukoFF., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Castellani House: Caribiana, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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