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Panama City in May

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Panama City is hot: highs near 88°F, lows near 76°F. Rain falls on almost every day, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 32 minutes.May in Panama City is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on almost every day, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 32 minutes.

High
88°F31°Caverage
Low
76°F24°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 93% of days
Daylight
12h 32mon average

Is May a good time to visit Panama City?

May sits outside Panama City's most comfortable months, which run from January to March. Expect hot days and rain on almost every day.

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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

93% of days in May, against 14% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

12h 32m in May, against 11h 36m to 12h 38m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. April90°32°low 76°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. May88°31°low 76°low 24°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. June87°31°low 76°low 24°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Panama City sits, in May

America/Panama
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:58 AMsets 6:30 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 May, 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 May

high · low · wet days
See May 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.