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Panama City in January

Hot and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Panama City is hot: highs near 88°F, lows near 75°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 40 minutes.January in Panama City is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 40 minutes.

High
88°F31°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 32% of days
Daylight
11h 40mon average

Is January a good time to visit Panama City?

Yes. January is one of Panama City's most comfortable months (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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 88°F in January, against 86°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in January, against 30°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

32% of days in January, against 14% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

11h 40m in January, against 11h 36m to 12h 38m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December87°31°low 75°low 24°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. January88°31°low 75°low 24°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. February89°32°low 75°low 24°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Panama City sits, in January

America/Panama
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:37 AMsets 6:16 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
See January 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.