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When to go
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Lying between 7 and 10 degrees north of the equator, PanamA? is set well within the
tropics
, and consequently temperatures are constant year-round - around 25A°-30A°C - and vary only with
altitude
: the average temperature in the ChiriquA Highlands is about 19A°C, but this is the only region in which you are ever likely to feel cold.
Humidity
is always very high.
Rainfall
varies markedly between the Pacific and Caribbean sides of the mountain chain that runs the length of the country: on the Pacific side, the annual average is about 1500mm, on the Caribbean, about 2500mm. The
best time
to visit PanamA? is during the dry season between mid-December and April, known as
verano
(summer), though this seasonal variation is really only evident on the Pacific side of the mountains. On the Caribbean side, rainfall is spread more evenly throughout the year. Though heavy, the rainstorms during the May-December rainy season -
invierno
(winter) - rarely last long, and are no reason not to visit.
PanamA? is in the
Eastern Standard Time Zone
, five hours behind GMT and an hour ahead of Costa Rica. Other useful information
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