Climate averages 1991–2020
Panama City weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Panama City: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 251 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes October a very wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Miguelito (8 km away). In October its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Panama City, with 251 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Panama, Panama City ranks 2nd of 6 for the warmest October highs and joint 1st of 6 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 6 cities is 28.0°C; Panama City is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 251 mm to 238 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- San Miguelito in OctoberPanama · 8 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 251 mm rain
- Juan Díaz in OctoberPanama · 10 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 251 mm rain
- Arraiján in OctoberPanama · 15 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 268 mm rain
- Colón in OctoberPanama · 58 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 320 mm rain
- David in OctoberPanama · 326 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 602 mm rain
- Apartadó in OctoberColombia · 341 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 177 mm rain
- Chigorodó in OctoberColombia · 345 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 338 mm rain
- Montería in OctoberColombia · 401 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 245 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.