Climate averages 1991–2020
Panama City weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Panama City: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Miguelito (8 km away). In April its highs average 31.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Panama City, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Panama, Panama City ranks joint 3rd of 6 for the warmest April highs and joint 1st of 6 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 6 cities is 30.2°C; Panama City is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 81 mm to 221 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
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, selected | 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
April in nearby cities
- San Miguelito in AprilPanama · 8 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 81 mm rain
- Juan Díaz in AprilPanama · 10 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Arraiján in AprilPanama · 15 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Colón in AprilPanama · 58 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 127 mm rain
- David in AprilPanama · 326 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 173 mm rain
- Apartadó in AprilColombia · 341 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 174 mm rain
- Chigorodó in AprilColombia · 345 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 284 mm rain
- Montería in AprilColombia · 401 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 179 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 Panama City) is explained once on the Panama City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
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.