Climate averages 1991–2020
David weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in David: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 450 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San José (247 km away). In May its highs average 25.0°C, 4.2°C cooler than David, with 357 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Panama, David ranks joint 2nd of 6 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 6 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 6 cities is 29.0°C; David is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 450 mm to 436 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- San José in MayCosta Rica · 247 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 18.6°C · 357 mm rain
- Colón in MayPanama · 297 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 284 mm rain
- Arraiján in MayPanama · 312 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 234 mm rain
- Panama City in MayPanama · 326 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 221 mm rain
- San Miguelito in MayPanama · 333 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 221 mm rain
- Juan Díaz in MayPanama · 336 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 221 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in MayNicaragua · 548 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 175 mm rain
- Masaya in MayNicaragua · 562 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 175 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.