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Last and first frost dates in Panama City

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Panama City 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 Panama City

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 Panama City

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Colón59 km——
Santiago de Veraguas185 km——
David323 km——
Limón400 km——
Montería401 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Panama City

Within 15 km of Panama City OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 7 markets and 5 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Vivero Castillo El Cangrejo, 2 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Panama City by month

Average weather in Panama City over 2016–2025: the warmest month is March. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (28.3–32 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: January–April (30.3–32 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 23.4 °C. About 2429 mm of rain falls in a year, on 275 days; July is the wettest month (328 mm) and February the driest (27 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January30.323.45110
February31.223.6277
March3223.93010
April31.424.211320
May29.524.327130
June28.82429630
July29.223.932830
August2923.828930
September28.723.930130
October28.423.729930
November28.323.531128
December29.623.611320

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).