Climate averages 1991–2020
David weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in David: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 424 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San José (247 km away). In July its highs average 24.2°C, 4.1°C cooler than David, with 293 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Panama, David ranks 4th of 6 for the warmest July highs and 6th of 6 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 6 cities is 28.5°C; David is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 424 mm to 453 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- San José in JulyCosta Rica · 247 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 293 mm rain
- Colón in JulyPanama · 297 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 334 mm rain
- Arraiján in JulyPanama · 312 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 280 mm rain
- Panama City in JulyPanama · 326 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 269 mm rain
- San Miguelito in JulyPanama · 333 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 269 mm rain
- Juan Díaz in JulyPanama · 336 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 269 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in JulyNicaragua · 548 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Masaya in JulyNicaragua · 562 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 115 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.