David climate by month
What the weather is like
David has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is March, when afternoons average 34° and nights 23°. October is the coolest month, with highs of 28° and lows of 22°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 3°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 4,136 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (678 mm, 31 wet days) and February the driest (40 mm, 5 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 15% in January to 73% in June.
The sea reaches about 29° in April. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Panama City, the capital, David is 4° warmer on a March afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 34° · March
- Coldest nights
- 22° · December
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- January · 15% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 29° · April
- Longest day
- 12 h 37 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 38 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 32° | 33° | 34° | 33° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 30° |
| Average low | 22° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 22° |
| Precipitation | 48 mm | 40 mm | 77 mm | 193 mm | 493 mm | 510 mm | 440 mm | 513 mm | 584 mm | 678 mm | 421 mm | 139 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 8 | 5.2 | 6.8 | 18.5 | 27.2 | 27.3 | 28.3 | 27.7 | 28.5 | 30.5 | 28.7 | 18.2 |
| Cloud cover | 15% | 16% | 22% | 38% | 65% | 73% | 73% | 72% | 70% | 68% | 51% | 28% |
| Sea temperature | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 29° |
| Daylight | 11h 41 | 11h 52 | 12h 04 | 12h 19 | 12h 30 | 12h 37 | 12h 34 | 12h 24 | 12h 10 | 11h 57 | 11h 44 | 11h 38 |
| Month score | 52 | 53 | 47 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 36 | 39 | 44 | 47 |