Climate averages 1991–2020
San Miguelito weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in San Miguelito: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes December a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Juan Díaz (3 km away). In December its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as San Miguelito, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Panama, San Miguelito ranks 2nd of 6 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 6 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 6 cities is 28.4°C; San Miguelito is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 101 mm to 17 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
San Miguelito climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 17 | 4.7 | 11.712 h |
| February | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 9.5 | 2.5 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 12 | 3.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 81 | 13.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 221 | 28.2 | 12.513 h |
| June | 29.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 251 | 29.4 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 269 | 30.1 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 267 | 30.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 257 | 29.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 251 | 30.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 238 | 26.9 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 28.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°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
December in nearby cities
- Juan Díaz in DecemberPanama · 3 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Panama City in DecemberPanama · 8 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 101 mm rain
- Arraiján in DecemberPanama · 22 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 124 mm rain
- Colón in DecemberPanama · 58 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 190 mm rain
- David in DecemberPanama · 333 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 189 mm rain
- Apartadó in DecemberColombia · 339 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 137 mm rain
- Chigorodó in DecemberColombia · 343 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 210 mm rain
- Montería in DecemberColombia · 396 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 103 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 San Miguelito) is explained once on the San Miguelito year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Panama City 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.