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Bocas del Toro in March

Warm and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Bocas del Toro is warm: highs near 84°F, lows near 73°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, and the days lengthen by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Bocas del Toro is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 23°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, and the days lengthen by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
84°F29°Caverage
Low
73°F23°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 91% of days
Daylight
12h 04mon average

Is March a good time to visit Bocas del Toro?

A good month, just outside Bocas del Toro's best months, which run in two parts: 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 March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 84°F in March, against 83°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in March, against 28°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

91% of days in March, against 90% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

60% cover in March, against 52% to 80% through the year.

Daylight

12h 04m in March, against 11h 35m to 12h 39m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. February83°28°low 73°low 23°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. March84°29°low 73°low 23°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. April85°29°low 74°low 23°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Bocas del Toro sits, in March

America/Panama
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:37 AMsets 6:40 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 March, 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 March

high · low · wet days
See March 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.