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Bocas del Toro in September

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

September in Bocas del Toro is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 75°F. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.September in Bocas del Toro is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 98% of days
Daylight
12h 09mon average

Is September 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 September sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

98% of days in September, against 90% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

76% cover in September, against 52% to 80% through the year.

Daylight

12h 09m in September, against 11h 35m to 12h 39m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. August85°29°low 75°low 24°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. September86°30°low 75°low 24°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. October85°29°low 75°low 24°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Bocas del Toro sits, in September

America/Panama
this place
typical high in September 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-September
6:19 AMsets 6:30 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 September, 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 September

high · low · wet days
See September 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.