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Last and first frost dates in Colón

Panama

Colón had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

Last spring frostnone in ten years
First autumn frostnone in ten years

Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.

There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

When the soil warms up in Colón

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

SoilDate
5 °Calready in the first week of January
10 °Calready in the first week of January
15 °Calready in the first week of January
18 °Calready in the first week of January

Frost dates near Colón

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Panama City59 km——
Santiago de Veraguas182 km——
David295 km——
Limón350 km——
San Isidro de El General420 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Colón

Within 15 km of Colón OpenStreetMap lists 1 farm-supply shop and 2 markets (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest farm supply to the city centre is Melo y Cía, 0 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Colón by month

Average weather in Colón over 2016–2025: the warmest month is May. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (27.8–28.9 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in November, average 23.7 °C. About 2744 mm of rain falls in a year, on 322 days; July is the wettest month (369 mm) and February the driest (58 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January27.824.512023
February27.924.65819
March28.324.86020
April28.724.714224
May28.924.625431
June28.824.230429
July28.22436931
August28.52430030
September28.724.127829
October28.72431230
November27.923.736529
December27.924.218227

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).