Cordillera de Talamanca · Chiriquí Province · PanamaSummit weather, forecast and climate

Volcan Baru

Volcano3,475 mMajor summit

Elevation3,475 mabove sea level

Prominence1,354 mindependent height

Isolation76 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul10°average high

8.81° N, 82.54° WElevation 3,475 mUTC−5 · Eastern Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Summit3,475 m
Mid-mountain2,720 m
Valley · Cerro Punta1,958 m

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Volcan Baru in brief

Volcan Baru rises to 3,475 m in the Cordillera de Talamanca, Chiriquí Province, Panama. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 1,354 m, a major independent summit.

At the summit, May is the mildest month with average highs of 10°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is Cerro Punta, 6.0 km to the NW at 1,958 m.

Facts

Elevation: 3,475 m · 11,401 ft
Prominence: 1,354 m
Range: Cordillera de Talamanca
Region: Chiriquí Province
Country: Panama
Coordinates: 8.8080, -82.5430
Nearest airport: Enrique Malek International Airport (DAV) · 48 km

iiForecast

Weather at three heights

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

The top of Volcan Baru by month

Summit temperatures and precipitation

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Volcan Baru by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	9°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	9°	9°
Average low	2°	2°	2°	3°	4°	5°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	3°
Precipitation	112 mm	88 mm	138 mm	236 mm	585 mm	574 mm	455 mm	573 mm	690 mm	777 mm	464 mm	215 mm
Cloud cover	21%	23%	30%	50%	78%	84%	85%	85%	82%	80%	63%	36%
Daylight	11h 40	11h 51	12h 04	12h 19	12h 31	12h 38	12h 35	12h 25	12h 10	11h 56	11h 43	11h 37
Month score	27	34	26	18	7	4	2	3	4	4	11	23

Snow and freezing level

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	4,300 m	4,350 m	4,400 m	4,500 m	4,600 m	4,650 m	4,550 m	4,600 m	4,600 m	4,550 m	4,450 m	4,350 m
Summit	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C