Climate averages 1991–2020
Colón weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Colón: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 320 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arraiján (55 km away). In October its highs average 27.6°C, 0.5°C cooler than Colón, with 268 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Panama, Colón ranks joint 3rd of 6 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 6 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 6 cities is 28.0°C; Colón is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 320 mm to 341 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Arraiján in OctoberPanama · 55 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 268 mm rain
- Panama City in OctoberPanama · 58 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 251 mm rain
- San Miguelito in OctoberPanama · 58 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 251 mm rain
- Juan Díaz in OctoberPanama · 62 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 251 mm rain
- David in OctoberPanama · 297 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 602 mm rain
- Apartadó in OctoberColombia · 396 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 177 mm rain
- Chigorodó in OctoberColombia · 401 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 338 mm rain
- Montería in OctoberColombia · 447 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 245 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.