Climate averages 1991–2020
Colón weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Colón: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arraiján (55 km away). In January its highs average 28.2°C, 0.8°C warmer than Colón, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Panama, Colón ranks 6th of 6 for the warmest January highs and 6th of 6 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 6 cities is 29.0°C; Colón is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 36 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Arraiján in JanuaryPanama · 55 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Panama City in JanuaryPanama · 58 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 17 mm rain
- San Miguelito in JanuaryPanama · 58 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 17 mm rain
- Juan Díaz in JanuaryPanama · 62 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 17 mm rain
- David in JanuaryPanama · 297 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Apartadó in JanuaryColombia · 396 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Chigorodó in JanuaryColombia · 401 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 101 mm rain
- Montería in JanuaryColombia · 447 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 38 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.