Climate averages 1991–2020

David weather
in February.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 32.5°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 22.7°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 32 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in David: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is San José (247 km away). In February its highs average 25.7°C, 6.8°C cooler than David, with 69 mm of rain.

Among the 6 cities listed in Panama, David ranks 1st of 6 for the warmest February highs and 5th of 6 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 6 cities is 29.8°C; David is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 49 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for David, 1991–2020
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, selected	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	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

February in nearby cities

Distance from David

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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 limits

How 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.