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Panama City in December

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Panama City is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 75°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 36 minutes.December in Panama City is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 36 minutes.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 74% of days
Daylight
11h 36mon average

Is December a good time to visit Panama City?

A good month, just outside Panama City's most comfortable months, which run from January to March.

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 87°F in December, against 86°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in December, against 30°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

74% of days in December, against 14% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

65% cover in December, against 58% to 82% through the year.

Daylight

11h 36m in December, against 11h 36m to 12h 38m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November86°30°low 75°low 24°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. December87°31°low 75°low 24°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. January88°31°low 75°low 24°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Panama City sits, in December

America/Panama
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:25 AMsets 6:01 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
9.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Bocas del Toro300 km west

The land around Panama City, 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 Panama City

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 8 km north-west of Panama City. 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, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (74 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (74 m). 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.