New Amsterdam
City in Guyana: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Street in central New Amsterdam, Guyana: Ian Mackenzie, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
New Amsterdam is a city in Guyana, in East Berbice-Corentyne. About 35,039 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Guyana in our atlas.
It lies at 6.25° N, 57.52° W, about 1 m (3 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Guyana time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: New Amsterdam. Green dots: other major cities of Guyana. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
New Amsterdam has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 31°C (88°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 23°C (73°F). Around 1,784 mm (70 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.
What to eat in GuyanaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3376762 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q923811 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Street in central New Amsterdam, Guyana: Ian Mackenzie, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)