Climate averages 1991–2020
David weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in David: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 173 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes April a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San José (247 km away). In April its highs average 26.5°C, 5.4°C cooler than David, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Panama, David ranks 1st of 6 for the warmest April highs and 6th of 6 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 6 cities is 30.2°C; David is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 173 mm to 450 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
David climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 51 | 12.4 | 11.712 h |
| February | 32.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 32 | 7.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 49 | 10.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 31.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 173 | 22.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 450 | 30.1 | 12.513 h |
| June | 28.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 436 | 29.8 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 424 | 30.5 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 453 | 30.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 27.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 460 | 29.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 602 | 30.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 520 | 29.5 | 11.712 h |
| December | 29.1°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 189 | 22.3 | 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
April in nearby cities
- San José in AprilCosta Rica · 247 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Colón in AprilPanama · 297 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 127 mm rain
- Arraiján in AprilPanama · 312 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Panama City in AprilPanama · 326 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 81 mm rain
- San Miguelito in AprilPanama · 333 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 81 mm rain
- Juan Díaz in AprilPanama · 336 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in AprilNicaragua · 548 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Masaya in AprilNicaragua · 562 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 20 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 David) is explained once on the David year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.