Climate averages 1991–2020
Panama City weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Panama City: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a very dry 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 Miguelito (8 km away). In March its highs average 31.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Panama City, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Panama, Panama City ranks 3rd of 6 for the warmest March highs and joint 1st of 6 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 6 cities is 30.4°C; Panama City is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 81 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- San Miguelito in MarchPanama · 8 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Juan Díaz in MarchPanama · 10 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Arraiján in MarchPanama · 15 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Colón in MarchPanama · 58 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 41 mm rain
- David in MarchPanama · 326 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Apartadó in MarchColombia · 341 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Chigorodó in MarchColombia · 345 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 141 mm rain
- Montería in MarchColombia · 401 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 71 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.