Climate averages 1991–2020

David weather
in January.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

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

Average high 31.0°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 21.9°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 51 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in David: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is San José (247 km away). In January its highs average 24.6°C, 6.4°C cooler than David, with 104 mm of rain.

Among the 6 cities listed in Panama, David ranks 1st of 6 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 6 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 6 cities is 29.0°C; David is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 32 mm.

The annual picture

January 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, selected	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	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

January 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.