Panama City climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Panama City?

Panama City has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 1,277 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Panama City?

The hottest day measured in Panama City between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 2023, reaching 34.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Panama City?

The coldest day measured in Panama City between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -10.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Panama City?

Almost never: Panama City sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Panama City warmed?

Yes: Panama City warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Panama City?

The wettest day measured in Panama City between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 1987, with 170 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Panama City?

The windiest day measured in Panama City between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 1995, with winds reaching 84.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Panama City?

The warmest month in Panama City is July (27.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Panama City?

Panama City receives on average 1,277 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Panama City?

Panama City gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Panama City (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 1,277 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (27.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Panama City averages 2 frost days, 37 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.

Panama City has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.8 °C (on 26 August 2023) and the coldest -10.0 °C (on 21 January 1985).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

Panama CityFlorida

coords: 30.16°, -85.66°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

20.3°C

Average daily high

23.2°C

Average daily low

17.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,277mm

Sunshine / day

10.0h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

19.2km/h

Seasonal range

15.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

2 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

37 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

133 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.2 cm

Average feels-like high

24.8 °C

Average feels-like low

17.5 °C

Average peak gust

33.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

160 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.20 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

34.8 °C

26 August 2023

Coldest day

-10.0 °C

21 January 1985

Wettest day

170 mm

14 August 1987

Windiest day

84.1 km/h

4 October 1995

Strongest gust

142.2 km/h

4 October 1995

Hottest feels-like

42.2 °C

15 August 1995

Coldest feels-like

-17.1 °C

21 January 1985

Snowiest day

9.1 cm

21 January 2025

Sunniest day

13.7 h

3 July 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	33.6 °C28 July 2025	-2.1 °C22 January 2025	20.9 °C	1,148 mm	51	3
2024	33.0 °C14 August 2024	-2.6 °C17 January 2024	21.5 °C	1,433 mm	83	2
2023	34.8 °C26 August 2023	4.0 °C20 March 2023	21.5 °C	1,400 mm	61	0
2022	33.0 °C17 June 2022	-3.8 °C24 December 2022	20.9 °C	1,344 mm	42	3
2021	33.0 °C26 July 2021	2.7 °C16 February 2021	20.9 °C	1,617 mm	29	0
2020	33.6 °C5 September 2020	1.0 °C21 January 2020	21.5 °C	1,454 mm	52	0
2019	33.5 °C4 September 2019	2.5 °C13 November 2019	21.5 °C	1,139 mm	84	0
2018	31.8 °C19 June 2018	-3.4 °C18 January 2018	21.0 °C	1,757 mm	59	5
2017	33.0 °C25 August 2017	-0.4 °C8 January 2017	21.5 °C	1,366 mm	37	1
2016	32.4 °C29 August 2016	1.3 °C24 January 2016	21.4 °C	1,313 mm	65	0
2015	32.6 °C2 August 2015	-3.0 °C8 January 2015	21.4 °C	1,227 mm	51	1
2014	33.6 °C24 August 2014	-4.4 °C7 January 2014	19.8 °C	1,461 mm	38	5
2013	32.9 °C6 August 2013	2.0 °C28 November 2013	20.5 °C	1,746 mm	36	0
2012	31.3 °C27 May 2012	0.3 °C12 February 2012	21.2 °C	1,324 mm	25	0
2011	32.8 °C26 August 2011	-1.8 °C13 January 2011	20.6 °C	1,057 mm	68	2
2010	33.6 °C31 July 2010	-2.5 °C10 January 2010	19.7 °C	1,154 mm	74	9
2009	32.7 °C23 June 2009	-1.0 °C21 January 2009	20.4 °C	1,393 mm	27	2
2008	31.5 °C15 July 2008	-1.8 °C3 January 2008	20.2 °C	1,247 mm	33	1
2007	32.8 °C22 August 2007	0.4 °C29 January 2007	20.7 °C	784 mm	57	0
2006	32.9 °C20 August 2006	0.3 °C8 December 2006	20.8 °C	892 mm	45	0
2005	33.3 °C24 July 2005	-0.1 °C24 January 2005	20.5 °C	1,503 mm	59	1
2004	32.7 °C24 July 2004	0.5 °C20 December 2004	20.5 °C	1,231 mm	36	0
2003	31.2 °C14 August 2003	-4.1 °C24 January 2003	20.1 °C	1,494 mm	16	3
2002	33.3 °C18 July 2002	-0.8 °C28 February 2002	20.3 °C	1,433 mm	22	2
2001	32.1 °C23 July 2001	-1.3 °C2 January 2001	20.2 °C	1,038 mm	23	3
2000	34.2 °C15 July 2000	-2.8 °C20 December 2000	20.3 °C	935 mm	43	4
1999	32.8 °C2 August 1999	-3.1 °C5 January 1999	20.5 °C	1,032 mm	39	3
1998	33.6 °C6 July 1998	1.2 °C12 March 1998	21.0 °C	1,506 mm	47	0
1997	33.2 °C21 September 1997	-0.8 °C17 January 1997	20.2 °C	1,595 mm	38	2
1996	32.2 °C11 July 1996	-5.7 °C5 February 1996	19.6 °C	1,346 mm	31	6
1995	34.3 °C15 August 1995	-1.4 °C9 February 1995	20.3 °C	1,363 mm	44	1
1994	31.0 °C15 June 1994	-1.2 °C19 January 1994	20.3 °C	1,584 mm	8	1
1993	32.5 °C2 July 1993	0.0 °C14 March 1993	20.1 °C	1,403 mm	54	0
1992	31.6 °C7 July 1992	1.6 °C20 January 1992	20.0 °C	1,416 mm	26	0
1991	31.9 °C29 June 1991	-1.9 °C16 February 1991	20.7 °C	1,426 mm	43	1
1990	32.8 °C4 September 1990	1.3 °C25 December 1990	21.2 °C	760 mm	65	0
1989	32.3 °C3 September 1989	-7.8 °C24 December 1989	20.2 °C	1,226 mm	36	5
1988	31.5 °C27 June 1988	-1.7 °C7 February 1988	19.7 °C	1,240 mm	31	1
1987	33.1 °C12 July 1987	-0.8 °C27 January 1987	20.1 °C	1,622 mm	42	1
1986	34.5 °C2 August 1986	-2.7 °C28 January 1986	20.9 °C	1,308 mm	45	2
1985	31.5 °C20 July 1985	-10.0 °C21 January 1985	20.4 °C	1,559 mm	22	6
1984	31.4 °C25 June 1984	-0.6 °C6 February 1984	20.0 °C	1,127 mm	13	1
1983	33.4 °C25 August 1983	-6.8 °C25 December 1983	19.5 °C	1,697 mm	45	4
1982	32.4 °C26 August 1982	-5.8 °C11 January 1982	20.6 °C	1,290 mm	29	2
1981	33.2 °C14 July 1981	-3.1 °C19 December 1981	19.9 °C	951 mm	45	6
1980	33.0 °C23 August 1980	-2.9 °C3 March 1980	20.2 °C	1,358 mm	55	4
1979	32.1 °C19 June 1979	-3.8 °C3 January 1979	19.7 °C	1,447 mm	32	7
1978	32.7 °C28 June 1978	-2.0 °C10 January 1978	19.8 °C	1,275 mm	49	5
1977	32.8 °C14 July 1977	-7.1 °C19 January 1977	19.9 °C	1,126 mm	38	4
1976	31.9 °C23 August 1976	-1.5 °C9 January 1976	19.4 °C	1,252 mm	25	1
1975	32.0 °C27 August 1975	-1.0 °C19 December 1975	20.3 °C	1,648 mm	33	1
1974	31.4 °C12 July 1974	-0.9 °C26 February 1974	20.6 °C	1,072 mm	21	1
1973	32.8 °C9 July 1973	-0.1 °C22 December 1973	20.4 °C	1,370 mm	39	1
1972	33.6 °C20 August 1972	-1.9 °C16 January 1972	20.6 °C	1,181 mm	52	1
1971	31.4 °C4 October 1971	-2.9 °C10 February 1971	20.4 °C	1,013 mm	23	4
1970	32.0 °C2 September 1970	-4.1 °C9 January 1970	19.7 °C	1,132 mm	40	7
1969	32.5 °C14 June 1969	-0.1 °C5 January 1969	19.6 °C	1,178 mm	36	1
1968	33.2 °C24 August 1968	-1.1 °C16 December 1968	19.4 °C	752 mm	43	2
1967	31.2 °C20 June 1967	-1.2 °C26 February 1967	19.9 °C	1,020 mm	12	1
1966	31.5 °C24 July 1966	-7.5 °C30 January 1966	19.5 °C	1,301 mm	28	5
1965	31.4 °C18 July 1965	-2.4 °C17 January 1965	20.1 °C	1,050 mm	21	3
1964	32.8 °C1 September 1964	-2.6 °C14 January 1964	19.8 °C	1,499 mm	31	3
1963	31.9 °C3 August 1963	-5.9 °C24 January 1963	19.5 °C	1,193 mm	35	8
1962	32.7 °C18 July 1962	-8.1 °C13 December 1962	20.0 °C	985 mm	41	6
1961	32.4 °C5 September 1961	-2.1 °C22 January 1961	19.8 °C	1,256 mm	25	1
1960	32.6 °C29 August 1960	-2.3 °C22 December 1960	19.5 °C	1,090 mm	33	4
1959	31.9 °C29 June 1959	-1.7 °C17 January 1959	20.0 °C	1,990 mm	20	2
1958	32.0 °C12 June 1958	-3.4 °C18 February 1958	19.4 °C	1,368 mm	18	9
1957	32.5 °C6 July 1957	-2.2 °C12 December 1957	20.5 °C	1,391 mm	32	2
1956	33.1 °C8 August 1956	1.6 °C9 January 1956	20.1 °C	1,119 mm	11	0
1955	32.1 °C23 August 1955	-1.9 °C12 February 1955	20.1 °C	1,024 mm	25	4
1954	33.1 °C11 August 1954	1.7 °C7 December 1954	20.3 °C	723 mm	62	0
1953	33.8 °C27 May 1953	0.1 °C18 December 1953	20.5 °C	1,386 mm	36	0
1952	32.8 °C27 June 1952	-0.1 °C15 December 1952	20.3 °C	973 mm	40	1
1951	32.7 °C30 August 1951	-4.7 °C3 February 1951	20.4 °C	972 mm	45	5
1950	32.6 °C27 June 1950	-2.1 °C25 November 1950	20.3 °C	995 mm	26	1
1949	32.0 °C9 July 1949	3.4 °C1 January 1949	21.0 °C	1,323 mm	17	0
1948	31.5 °C4 July 1948	-2.2 °C15 January 1948	20.5 °C	1,762 mm	29	2
1947	33.3 °C5 August 1947	-1.2 °C10 February 1947	20.3 °C	1,670 mm	25	2
1946	31.3 °C11 July 1946	4.5 °C22 January 1946	20.8 °C	1,500 mm	9	0
1945	30.7 °C24 June 1945	-0.7 °C20 December 1945	20.7 °C	1,309 mm	24	1
1944	34.2 °C18 June 1944	3.6 °C12 December 1944	20.8 °C	1,396 mm	35	0
1943	33.5 °C15 August 1943	0.7 °C4 March 1943	20.4 °C	1,120 mm	40	0
1942	33.8 °C21 July 1942	-1.0 °C11 January 1942	20.3 °C	1,071 mm	40	1
1941	32.4 °C28 August 1941	2.6 °C9 February 1941	20.3 °C	1,030 mm	28	0
1940	32.3 °C28 July 1940	-4.0 °C27 January 1940	19.7 °C	1,186 mm	30	5

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.9 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

51 d/yr

+14

Frost days (< 0 °C)

3 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1148 mm

-129 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	13.6 °C	-1.9 °C	75 mm	-38 mm
Feb	18.8 °C	+2.1 °C	95 mm	-14 mm
Mar	20.4 °C	+1.1 °C	111 mm	-18 mm
Apr	24.1 °C	+1.6 °C	26 mm	-55 mm
May	26.6 °C	+0.5 °C	178 mm	+110 mm
Jun	29.1 °C	+0.4 °C	158 mm	+50 mm
Jul	30.6 °C	+1.2 °C	125 mm	-24 mm
Aug	29.7 °C	+0.1 °C	181 mm	+35 mm
Sep	29.4 °C	+0.9 °C	38 mm	-87 mm
Oct	25.7 °C	+0.7 °C	40 mm	-27 mm
Nov	21.0 °C	+0.7 °C	13 mm	-70 mm
Dec	17.2 °C	+0.3 °C	110 mm	+9 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.6 °C

28 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-2.1 °C

22 Jan 2025

Wettest day

64.7 mm

11 May 2025

Windiest day

43.6 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

76.0 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.0 °C

15 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-8.3 °C

22 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

9.1 cm

21 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.7 h

3 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Panama City?

Panama City has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 1,277 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Panama City?

The hottest day measured in Panama City between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 2023, reaching 34.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Panama City?

The coldest day measured in Panama City between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -10.0 °C.

Does it snow in Panama City?

Almost never: Panama City sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Panama City warmed?

Yes: Panama City warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Panama City?

The wettest day measured in Panama City between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 1987, with 170 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Panama City?

The windiest day measured in Panama City between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 1995, with winds reaching 84.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Panama City?

The warmest month in Panama City is July (27.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Panama City?

Panama City receives on average 1,277 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Panama City?

Panama City gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Panama City?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Panama City between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 2025, with 9.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Panama City?

Yes: Panama City has on average 160 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Panama City?

In Panama City, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.2 °C on 15 August 1995, and the lowest was -17.1 °C on 21 January 1985.

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