Climate averages 1991–2020
Panama City weather
by month.
See how the year changes. March has the highest average daily maximum; February has the lowest average monthly rainfall.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Across the year Panama City averages a daytime high of 29.1°C and a nighttime low of 24.3°C, with about 1,974 mm of rain on roughly 245 days. March is the warmest month (average high 30.5°C) and November the coolest (28.1°C). July is the wettest month with 269 mm; February is the driest with 9.5 mm.
The annual picture
A year in Panama City
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
Panama City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 17 | 4.7 | 11.712 h |
| February | 29.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 9.5 | 2.5 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 12 | 3.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 81 | 13.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 221 | 28.2 | 12.513 h |
| June | 28.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 251 | 29.4 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 269 | 30.1 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 267 | 30.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 257 | 29.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 251 | 30.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 238 | 26.9 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 101 | 16.8 | 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
Nearby cities
- San MiguelitoPanama · 8 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 1,974 mm rain a year
- Juan DíazPanama · 10 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 1,974 mm rain a year
- ArraijánPanama · 15 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 2,106 mm rain a year
- ColónPanama · 58 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 2,649 mm rain a year
- DavidPanama · 326 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 3,838 mm rain a year
- ApartadóColombia · 341 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 2,146 mm rain a year
- ChigorodóColombia · 345 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 3,657 mm rain a year
- MonteríaColombia · 401 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 2,133 mm rain a year
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 limitsWhat do the high and low temperatures mean?
We average the daily maximum and daily minimum for each calendar month over 1991–2020. They are not record extremes, a forecast range or temperatures at a fixed time of day.
How is a rain day counted?
A local calendar day (standard time, UTC-5, no daylight saving) with at least 1 mm of total precipitation counts as one rain day. We count these for each year and month, then average across 30 years. The average does not predict which days will be wet.
Where do the numbers come from?
ERA5-Land (temperature) and ERA5 (precipitation) reanalysis from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, read from the Open-Meteo open-data archive. Temperature comes from the 0.1° model cell at 9.00°, -79.60° (9 km from the city centre), adjusted up by 0.4°C for the difference between the city's elevation (17 m) and the cell's (74 m). Rain comes from the 0.25° cell at 9.00°, -79.50°. San Miguelito and Juan Díaz lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells. These are model estimates, not weather-station readings; coast, hills and city streets can differ.
Does this page show sunshine, humidity or sea temperature?
No. The data used here contain air temperature and precipitation only. Daylight hours are calculated from the city's latitude (sunrise to sunset), not measured sunshine.