Editing Paramaribo (section)

== Geography ==
[[File:Paramaribo, Suriname.JPG|thumb|View of Paramaribo from space]]
The city is located on the [[Suriname River]], approximately {{convert|15|km|mi}} inland from the Atlantic Ocean, in the [[Paramaribo district]].

<gallery caption="Evolution of Paramaribo">
File:Kaart van Paramaribo.png|Paramaribo around 1737.
File:Platte grond van de stad Paramaribo (1821).jpg|Paramaribo in 1821. Indicated in brown is the area devastated by the city fire of that year.
File:Plan von Paramaribo.jpg|Paramaribo around 1876.
File:Map of Paramaribo (1920).jpg|Paramaribo around 1916–1917
</gallery>

=== Climate ===
Paramaribo features a [[tropical rainforest climate]] (''Af''), under the [[Köppen climate classification]]. Because Paramaribo is more subject to the [[Intertropical Convergence Zone]] than the [[trade wind]]s and sees no [[tropical cyclone]]s, its climate is classified as equatorial. The city has no true [[dry season]]; all 12 months of the year average more than {{convert|60|mm|inch|1|disp=or}} of rainfall, but the city does experience noticeably wetter and drier periods during the year. The [[northern hemisphere]] "[[autumn]]" (September through November) is the driest period of the year in Paramaribo, and the heaviest rainfall occurs from April to July. Common to many cities with this climate, temperatures are relatively consistent throughout the course of the year, with average high temperatures of 30 degrees Celsius and average low temperatures of 24 degrees Celsius. Paramaribo on average receives roughly {{convert|2135|mm|in|0|disp=or}} of rainfall each year.

{{Weather box
 | width       = auto
 | collapsed   = yes
 | metric first = yes
 | single line = yes
 | location    = Paramaribo ([[Zorg en Hoop Airport]]) (1991–2020)
 | Jan high C = 29.2
 | Feb high C = 29.4
 | Mar high C = 28.7
 | Apr high C = 29.9
 | May high C = 30.0
 | Jun high C = 30.2
 | Jul high C = 30.7
 | Aug high C = 31.5
 | Sep high C = 32.0
 | Oct high C = 32.1
 | Nov high C = 31.2
 | Dec high C = 30.0
 | year high C = 30.4
 | Jan mean C = 27.1
 | Feb mean C = 27.3
 | Mar mean C = 27.7
 | Apr mean C = 27.9
 | May mean C = 27.6
 | Jun mean C = 27.4
 | Jul mean C = 27.8
 | Aug mean C = 28.7
 | Sep mean C = 29.3
 | Oct mean C = 29.3
 | Nov mean C = 28.5
 | Dec mean C = 27.5
 | year mean C = 28.0
 | Jan low C = 24.1
 | Feb low C = 23.2
 | Mar low C = 23.5
 | Apr low C = 24.5
 | May low C = 23.7
 | Jun low C = 24.4
 | Jul low C = 24.4
 | Aug low C = 24.6
 | Sep low C = 25.1
 | Oct low C = 25.1
 | Nov low C = 24.8
 | Dec low C = 24.2
 | year low C = 24.3
 | precipitation colour = green
 | Jan precipitation mm = 172.7
 | Feb precipitation mm = 146.2
 | Mar precipitation mm = 130.5
 | Apr precipitation mm = 215.8
 | May precipitation mm = 306.6
 | Jun precipitation mm = 295.6
 | Jul precipitation mm = 234.3
 | Aug precipitation mm = 147.7
 | Sep precipitation mm = 90.3
 | Oct precipitation mm = 86.5
 | Nov precipitation mm = 125.7
 | Dec precipitation mm = 183.7
 | year precipitation mm = 2135.5
 | unit precipitation days = 3.0 mm
 | Jan precipitation days = 15
 | Feb precipitation days = 12
 | Mar precipitation days = 14
 | Apr precipitation days = 16
 | May precipitation days = 22
 | Jun precipitation days = 22
 | Jul precipitation days = 20
 | Aug precipitation days = 15
 | Sep precipitation days = 11
 | Oct precipitation days = 12
 | Nov precipitation days = 13
 | Dec precipitation days = 18
 | year precipitation days = 190
| Jan humidity = 76.1
| Feb humidity = 74.4
| Mar humidity = 73.2
| Apr humidity = 76.2
| May humidity = 79.4
| Jun humidity = 80.2
| Jul humidity = 77.4
| Aug humidity = 74.0
| Sep humidity = 70.9
| Oct humidity = 71.0
| Nov humidity = 75.6
| Dec humidity = 78.3
| year humidity = 75.6
 | source 1 = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name="WMONormals">{{cite web
|url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-3-WMO-Normals-9120/Suriname/CSV/ZorgEnHoop_81200.csv
|title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Zorg en Hoop
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = March 30, 2024}}</ref>
 | source 2 = World Meteorological Organization<ref name="WMO">{{cite web
|url=https://worldweather.wmo.int/en/city.html?cityId=1048
|title=World Weather Information Service:Paramaribo |access-date = 29 December 2023}}</ref> (Average precipitation days)
}}