Climate averages 1991–2020
Colón weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Colón: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 325 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arraiján (55 km away). In August its highs average 28.0°C, about as warm as Colón, with 276 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Panama, Colón ranks 4th of 6 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 6 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 6 cities is 28.5°C; Colón is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 325 mm to 300 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Arraiján in AugustPanama · 55 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 276 mm rain
- Panama City in AugustPanama · 58 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 267 mm rain
- San Miguelito in AugustPanama · 58 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 267 mm rain
- Juan Díaz in AugustPanama · 62 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 267 mm rain
- David in AugustPanama · 297 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 453 mm rain
- Apartadó in AugustColombia · 396 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 253 mm rain
- Chigorodó in AugustColombia · 401 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 445 mm rain
- Montería in AugustColombia · 447 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 242 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.