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Vacamonte climate by month
What the weather is like
Vacamonte has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is March, when afternoons average 30° and nights 24°. October is the coolest month, with highs of 28° and lows of 24°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 1°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,034 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (223 mm, 27 wet days) and February the driest (13 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 19% in January to 77% in July.
The sea reaches about 29° in June. 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, Vacamonte is 0.3° cooler on a March afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · March
- Coldest nights
- 24° · October
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- January · 19% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 29° · June
- Longest day
- 12 h 38 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 37 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 | 29° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° |
| Average low | 24° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° |
| Precipitation | 34 mm | 13 mm | 20 mm | 73 mm | 239 mm | 236 mm | 223 mm | 226 mm | 247 mm | 293 mm | 285 mm | 145 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 4 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 14 | 24.8 | 25.2 | 26.6 | 25.9 | 25.1 | 26 | 25.4 | 14.6 |
| Cloud cover | 19% | 21% | 25% | 40% | 67% | 76% | 77% | 77% | 72% | 67% | 55% | 34% |
| Sea temperature | 27° | 25° | 25° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 28° |
| Daylight | 11h 40 | 11h 51 | 12h 04 | 12h 19 | 12h 32 | 12h 38 | 12h 35 | 12h 25 | 12h 11 | 11h 56 | 11h 43 | 11h 37 |
| Month score | 75 | 79 | 71 | 44 | 36 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 36 | 39 | 44 | 52 |