Climate averages 1991–2020
Colón weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Colón: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 127 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes April a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arraiján (55 km away). In April its highs average 29.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Colón, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Panama, Colón ranks 6th of 6 for the warmest April highs and 5th of 6 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 6 cities is 30.2°C; Colón is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 127 mm to 284 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Colón climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 63 | 15.4 | 11.612 h |
| February | 27.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 36 | 9.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 27.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 41 | 11.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 127 | 20.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 284 | 29.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 28.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 289 | 29.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 334 | 30.5 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 325 | 30.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 300 | 29.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 320 | 30.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 341 | 29.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 190 | 25.5 | 11.612 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Arraiján in AprilPanama · 55 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Panama City in AprilPanama · 58 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 81 mm rain
- San Miguelito in AprilPanama · 58 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 81 mm rain
- Juan Díaz in AprilPanama · 62 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 81 mm rain
- David in AprilPanama · 297 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 173 mm rain
- Apartadó in AprilColombia · 396 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 174 mm rain
- Chigorodó in AprilColombia · 401 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 284 mm rain
- Montería in AprilColombia · 447 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 179 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Colón) is explained once on the Colón year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.