Best time to visit Panama
Our pick for sun: January to March.
The best months
- SunJanuary to March
- BeachFebruary
…
The twelve months at a glance
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Good, 70/100 | Good, 77/100 | Good, 70/100 | Good, 60/100, Heavy rain | Fair, 56/100, Heavy rain | Fair, 50/100, Heavy rain | Fair, 46/100, Heavy rain | Fair, 46/100, Heavy rain | Fair, 57/100, Heavy rain | Fair, 58/100, Heavy rain | Good, 60/100, Heavy rain | Good, 60/100, Heavy rain |
| Beach | Good, 75/100 | Ideal, 81/100 | Good, 75/100 | Good, 65/100, Heavy rain | Good, 63/100, Heavy rain | Fair, 59/100, Heavy rain | Fair, 57/100, Heavy rain | Fair, 57/100, Heavy rain | Good, 64/100, Heavy rain | Good, 64/100, Heavy rain | Good, 65/100, Heavy rain | Good, 65/100, Heavy rain |
- Ideal
- Good
- Fair
- Best avoided
- Risk flagged
Temperatures and rain
See the month-by-month values
| Month | High | Low | Sea | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29°C | 23°C | 27°C | 49 mm |
| February | 29°C | 23°C | 25°C | 36 mm |
| March | 30°C | 23°C | 25°C | 42 mm |
| April | 30°C | 23°C | 27°C | 134 mm |
| May | 30°C | 24°C | 28°C | 322 mm |
| June | 29°C | 24°C | 29°C | 357 mm |
| July | 29°C | 23°C | 29°C | 370 mm |
| August | 29°C | 23°C | 29°C | 377 mm |
| September | 29°C | 23°C | 29°C | 364 mm |
| October | 29°C | 23°C | 28°C | 358 mm |
| November | 29°C | 23°C | 28°C | 324 mm |
| December | 29°C | 23°C | 28°C | 151 mm |
Estimated flight time
- From YUL : about 5 h 40 min
- From YYZ : about 5 h 20 min
- From YVR : about 8 h
Estimate of a nonstop flight computed from the distance: not a schedule. Connections lengthen the trip.
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Where this data comes from
Temperatures, sunshine and rain: monthly normals we computed over 1991-2020. These are estimates from a climate reanalysis, not station readings.
- ERA5 reanalysis-era5-single-levels-timeseries (C3S, CC-BY)
- NOAA OISST v2.1
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, 2026, CC BY 4.0 licence). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains. Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 (Huang et al., 2021, J. Climate 34, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0166.1).