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Bocas del Toro in October

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Bocas del Toro is hot: highs near 85°F, lows near 75°F. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 10 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Bocas del Toro is hot: highs near 29°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 10 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
85°F29°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 97% of days
Daylight
11h 54mon average

Is October 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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 85°F in October, against 83°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in October, against 28°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

97% of days in October, against 90% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

11h 54m in October, against 11h 35m to 12h 39m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. September86°30°low 75°low 24°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. October85°29°low 75°low 24°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. November84°29°low 74°low 23°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Bocas del Toro sits, in October

America/Panama
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
6:17 AMsets 6:13 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 October, 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 October

high · low · wet days
See October 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.