Distillers French Guiana
A one-page guide to French Guiana for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Cayenne
- Official languages
- French
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Time zone
- UTC-3
- Area
- 84,000 km²
People
- Population
- 298,554 (2026)
Climate
Equatorial: hot and humid all year, Cayenne mean daily maximum about 30.5 C. Heavy rain December to July (over 330 mm a month); the east is drier August to November.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia: French Guiana; World Bank Open Data API (population, area, GDP, growth, inflation); Our World in Data / WHO GHO alcohol per capita; Wikipedia: Legal drinking age; Zolltarifnummern 2026 - EU tariff code 2208 40 31; French customs circular DA 23-011 - rum and spirits taxation in the DOM; Outremers360 (May 2023): Rhums Saint-Maurice bought by GBH. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.