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Panama City in March

okbusy · worth considering · the warmest month of the year, the driest month of the year, the sunniest month of the year

The year in Panama City

Tap a month for its page

  1. Panama City in January: ok, busy
  2. Panama City in February: sweet spot
  3. Panama City in March: ok, busy
  4. Panama City in April: ok
  5. Panama City in May: avoid
  6. Panama City in June: avoid
  7. Panama City in July: avoid
  8. Panama City in August: avoid
  9. Panama City in September: avoid
  10. Panama City in October: avoid
  11. Panama City in November: avoid
  12. Panama City in December: ok, busy
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
March at Panama City is 32°C by day and 24°C at night, with 1 rainy day and about 11 hours of sun a day. Busier than usual.

The numbers

Daily high32°C
Nightly low24°C
Feels like, afternoon36°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more1 · 35 mm
Humidity72%
Sunshine11.0 h/day
Daylight12.1 h/day
Crowds65 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at the centre, 20 km from the airport (PTY): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

March: busy. Busiest in January and March; quietest in May and October.

Public holidays in March

Holidays crowd a place out and push fares up around them; they count toward the crowd score above.

Panama City in pictures

What to pack

  • Light, loose clothes: daily highs average 32°C.
  • Sun protection: about 11 hours of sunshine a day.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

Cost of livingcheap — prices run about 45% of the United States' (World Bank, 2025)
CurrencyPanamanian balboa
LanguagesSpanish
PlugsType A and B, 110 V
DrivingOn the right
Calling code+507
Travel advice No advice against travel — UK Foreign Office, updated 2026-10-07
HealthUK Foreign Office health advice

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), the UK Foreign Office (Open Government Licence) and the World Bank, refreshed 2026-10-08. The advisory is written for British travellers; entry rules depend on your passport.

On arrival in Panama City: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

March elsewhere

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