French Guiana · French Guiana
Cayenne travel guide
Cayenne is a city in French Guiana, French Guiana, home to about 63,000 people.
- Nearest airport
- CAY14 km · Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- America/Cayenne
- Language
- French, Guianan Creole
When to go
The best time to visit Cayenne
Cayenne has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. October is the warmest month, with average highs of 33 °C; May is the wettest, with about 545 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Cayenne: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport (CAY), about 14 km from the city centre in a straight line.
CAY · Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport
Questions
Cayenne: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Cayenne?
Cayenne has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. October is the warmest month, with average highs of 33 °C; May is the wettest, with about 545 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Cayenne?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport (CAY), about 14 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Cayenne?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Cayenne
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.