Climate averages 1991–2020
Colón weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: one of the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Colón: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 190 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arraiján (55 km away). In December its highs average 27.6°C, about as warm as Colón, with 124 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Panama, Colón ranks 6th of 6 for the warmest December highs and 6th of 6 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 6 cities is 28.4°C; Colón is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs stay level at 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 190 mm to 63 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Arraiján in DecemberPanama · 55 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 124 mm rain
- Panama City in DecemberPanama · 58 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 101 mm rain
- San Miguelito in DecemberPanama · 58 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Juan Díaz in DecemberPanama · 62 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 101 mm rain
- David in DecemberPanama · 297 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 189 mm rain
- Apartadó in DecemberColombia · 396 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 137 mm rain
- Chigorodó in DecemberColombia · 401 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 210 mm rain
- Montería in DecemberColombia · 447 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 103 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.