Climate averages 1991–2020
David weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in David: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 453 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San José (247 km away). In August its highs average 24.3°C, 3.8°C cooler than David, with 345 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Panama, David ranks 5th of 6 for the warmest August highs and 6th of 6 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 6 cities is 28.5°C; David is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 453 mm to 460 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- San José in AugustCosta Rica · 247 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 18.2°C · 345 mm rain
- Colón in AugustPanama · 297 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 325 mm rain
- Arraiján in AugustPanama · 312 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 276 mm rain
- Panama City in AugustPanama · 326 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 267 mm rain
- San Miguelito in AugustPanama · 333 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 267 mm rain
- Juan Díaz in AugustPanama · 336 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 267 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in AugustNicaragua · 548 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 140 mm rain
- Masaya in AugustNicaragua · 562 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 140 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.