Climate averages 1991–2020

David weather
in March.

A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

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

Average high 33.2°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 23.1°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 49 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in David: daytime highs average 33.2°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is San José (247 km away). In March its highs average 26.6°C, 6.6°C cooler than David, with 65 mm of rain.

Among the 6 cities listed in Panama, David ranks 1st of 6 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 6 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 6 cities is 30.4°C; David is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 173 mm.

The annual picture

March 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	32.5°C22.7°C	22.7°C	32	7.5	11.912 h
March, selected	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

March 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.