Linden

City in Guyana: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.

Linden Bauxite Company - panoramio - Marco Farouk Basir

Linden Bauxite Company - panoramio - Marco Farouk Basir: Marco Farouk Basir, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

Overview

Linden is a city in Guyana, in Upper Demerara-Berbice. About 44,690 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Guyana in our atlas.

It lies at 6.01° N, 58.31° W, about 4 m (13 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Guyana time zone. It sits inside the tropics.

Location

Red dot: Linden. Green dots: other major cities of Guyana. Map data: Natural Earth.

Climate

Linden has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 32°C (90°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 21°C (70°F). Around 2,037 mm (80 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in May.

30°21°Jan16330°21°Feb11831°21°Mar10232°22°Apr14530°22°May29929°22°Jun26129°22°Jul25931°22°Aug17632°22°Sep8732°23°Oct8731°23°Nov13430°22°Dec206mm

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.

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Sources

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Photo credits
  • Linden Bauxite Company - panoramio - Marco Farouk Basir: Marco Farouk Basir, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)