Climate averages 1991–2020
Colón weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Colón: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arraiján (55 km away). In March its highs average 29.4°C, 1.5°C warmer than Colón, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Panama, Colón ranks 6th of 6 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 6 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 6 cities is 30.4°C; Colón is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 127 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Arraiján in MarchPanama · 55 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Panama City in MarchPanama · 58 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 12 mm rain
- San Miguelito in MarchPanama · 58 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Juan Díaz in MarchPanama · 62 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 12 mm rain
- David in MarchPanama · 297 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Apartadó in MarchColombia · 396 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Chigorodó in MarchColombia · 401 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 141 mm rain
- Montería in MarchColombia · 447 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 71 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.