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Bocas del Toro in December

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Bocas del Toro is warm: highs near 83°F, lows near 73°F. Rain falls on almost every day, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 35 minutes.December in Bocas del Toro is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 23°C. Rain falls on almost every day, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 35 minutes.

High
83°F28°Caverage
Low
73°F23°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 96% of days
Daylight
11h 35mon average

Is December a good time to visit Bocas del Toro?

Yes. December is one of Bocas del Toro's best months (July to August, or November to February).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 83°F in December, against 83°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in December, against 28°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

96% of days in December, against 90% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

58% cover in December, against 52% to 80% through the year.

Daylight

11h 35m in December, against 11h 35m to 12h 39m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November84°29°low 74°low 23°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. December83°28°low 73°low 23°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. January83°28°low 73°low 23°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Bocas del Toro sits, in December

America/Panama
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:37 AMsets 6:12 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
9.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Panama City300 km east

The land around Bocas del Toro, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Panama in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Bocas del Toro

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 9 km north-west of Bocas del Toro. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.