Panama City climate

Name: Panama City
Address: PA

Panama City is warmest in March, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in November, when nights average 24 °C. July is the wettest month (281 mm) and February the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Panama City averages 2,024 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Panama · population 408,168 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month March 31 °C
Coldest month November 24 °C
Driest month February 11 mm
Wettest month July 281 mm
Least cloud February 42 % cloud
Hottest on record November 35 °C
Coldest on record January 22 °C
Warmest sea June 29 °C

What to expectPanama City through the year

Panama City changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 28 and 31 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 83 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in November.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 281 mm against 11 mm in February — 26 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Panama City is warmest in June at 29 °C and coldest in March at 25 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.3 °C	20 mm	42 %
February	30.1 °C	11 mm	42 %
March	30.7 °C	14 mm	47 %
April	30.5 °C	83 mm	67 %
May	29.1 °C	221 mm	89 %
June	28.8 °C	253 mm	92 %
July	28.8 °C	281 mm	93 %
August	28.7 °C	271 mm	93 %
September	28.5 °C	264 mm	91 %
October	28.3 °C	251 mm	89 %
November	28.2 °C	249 mm	82 %
December	28.7 °C	105 mm	59 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.3 °C	24.1 °C	26.1 °C	32.7 °C	21.5 °C	31	7
February	30.1 °C	24.1 °C	26.5 °C	33.3 °C	21.6 °C	28	14
March	30.7 °C	24.3 °C	26.9 °C	34.6 °C	21.5 °C	31	23
April	30.5 °C	24.7 °C	27.0 °C	34.2 °C	22.6 °C	30	19
May	29.1 °C	24.6 °C	26.3 °C	33.7 °C	22.8 °C	31	6
June	28.8 °C	24.4 °C	26.1 °C	34.0 °C	22.7 °C	30	3
July	28.8 °C	24.3 °C	26.0 °C	32.8 °C	22.5 °C	31	3
August	28.7 °C	24.2 °C	25.9 °C	31.4 °C	22.5 °C	31	2
September	28.5 °C	24.1 °C	25.8 °C	31.5 °C	22.5 °C	30	1
October	28.3 °C	23.9 °C	25.6 °C	32.3 °C	22.3 °C	31	1
November	28.2 °C	23.9 °C	25.5 °C	35.4 °C	22.3 °C	30	1
December	28.7 °C	24.2 °C	25.9 °C	31.9 °C	21.6 °C	31	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	20 mm	5	12 h/day	42 %	80 %	18 km/h	26.7 °C
February	11 mm	3	12 h/day	42 %	76 %	18 km/h	25.2 °C
March	14 mm	4	12 h/day	47 %	75 %	18 km/h	24.8 °C
April	83 mm	14	12 h/day	67 %	79 %	15 km/h	26.7 °C
May	221 mm	28	13 h/day	89 %	88 %	13 km/h	28.4 °C
June	253 mm	29	13 h/day	92 %	89 %	12 km/h	28.9 °C
July	281 mm	30	13 h/day	93 %	89 %	13 km/h	28.6 °C
August	271 mm	30	12 h/day	93 %	89 %	13 km/h	28.6 °C
September	264 mm	29	12 h/day	91 %	89 %	12 km/h	28.6 °C
October	251 mm	30	12 h/day	89 %	89 %	13 km/h	28.4 °C
November	249 mm	27	12 h/day	82 %	89 %	13 km/h	28.1 °C
December	105 mm	16	12 h/day	59 %	85 %	15 km/h	27.7 °C

How Panama City compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Panama City	31 °C	24 °C	2,024 mm	365
San Miguelito · Panama	31 °C	24 °C	2,024 mm	364
Montería · Colombia	33 °C	23 °C	2,155 mm	365
Sincelejo · Colombia	33 °C	22 °C	2,118 mm	365
Cartagena · Colombia	31 °C	25 °C	1,495 mm	365

Where Panama City ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in North America in January	17thof 50	29 °C
The warmest places in North America in February	18thof 50	30 °C
The warmest places in North America in December	22ndof 50	29 °C
The warmest places in North America in March	22ndof 50	31 °C
The driest places in North America in February	35thof 50	11 mm
The warmest places in North America in November	40thof 50	28 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Panama City.

QuestionsCommon questions about Panama City’s climate

When is the best time to visit Panama City?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. September, October, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, March is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Panama City get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 83 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 24 °C in November, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Panama City?

July, averaging 281 mm over 30 days with rain. The driest month is February with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,024 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Panama City rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.