Climate averages 1991–2020
David weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in David: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 189 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San José (247 km away). In December its highs average 23.8°C, 5.2°C cooler than David, with 169 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Panama, David ranks 1st of 6 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 6 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 6 cities is 28.4°C; David is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 189 mm to 51 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- San José in DecemberCosta Rica · 247 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 17.3°C · 169 mm rain
- Colón in DecemberPanama · 297 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 190 mm rain
- Arraiján in DecemberPanama · 312 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 124 mm rain
- Panama City in DecemberPanama · 326 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 101 mm rain
- San Miguelito in DecemberPanama · 333 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Juan Díaz in DecemberPanama · 336 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in DecemberNicaragua · 548 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Masaya in DecemberNicaragua · 562 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 9.3 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.