Panama City weather in August

In August, Panama City sees average daytime highs of 85°F and overnight lows near 78°F, with 6.5 in of rain across 20.4 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 85°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Panama City's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Panama City's year-round climate.

Daytime high
85°
1st warmest
Overnight low
78°
11th coldest
Rainfall
6.5 in
20.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
5:14 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover
62%
11th clearest
Wind
7 mph
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Panama City is city in and county seat of Bay County, Florida, United States.

Density
417/km²
people per km²
Founded
1909

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 85°F through the month.

A typical August day in Panama City reaches about 85°F in the afternoon and slips back to 78°F overnight — a 8°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 82°F and 88°F. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°F warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Panama City

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 90°F and 0 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ 32°F
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Panama City weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan60° / 48°4.7910.35.1
Feb63° / 51°4.47.810.95.8
Mar67° / 56°4.98.211.86.7
Apr73° / 62°3.26.912.77.5
May79° / 70°2.57.713.57.2
Jun84° / 76°4.815.513.95.0
Jul85° / 78°5.620.213.74.0
Aug85° / 78°6.520.413.14.0
Sep84° / 74°5.01212.25.5
Oct77° / 65°3.56.411.37.6
Nov69° / 56°2.96.910.57.1
Dec63° / 51°4.28.610.15.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Panama City gets around 6.5 in of rain over 20.4 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 65% and peaks near 72% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 56% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1023563
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Wind in August

Winds average 7 mph in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 mph on the calmest days to 7 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:05 AM to 5:23 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.55:056:33
213.45:056:32
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513.45:076:30
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.86 kWh/m² to a high of 6.6 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 5.47 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Panama City

In seasonPeak

In August, Panama City sits inside its atlantic hurricane season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Panama City sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Atlantic hurricane
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Panama City?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Panama City for sightseeing.

What to pack for Panama City in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Panama City sees daytime highs around 85°F and nights near 78°F. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Panama City in August

The nearest coast averages about 85°F in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 85°F and coldest in February near 62°F.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Apr 8 to Dec 6 — about 8 months when the water holds above 68°F.

60°70°80°90°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°F)Comfort
Jan63Cool
Feb62Cool
Mar65Cool
Apr69Refreshing
May76Warm
Jun82Warm
Jul84Tropical
Aug85Tropical
Sep83Tropical
Oct78Warm
Nov71Refreshing
Dec66Cool

UV index in Panama City in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Panama City peaks around June 19 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb6High
Mar7Very high
Apr9Very high
May9Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Panama City in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Panama City is worst in July — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodJul 1618 µg/m³Dec 127 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb16Moderate
Mar14Moderate
Apr10Good
May12Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct7Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Panama City?

Panama City sits at 30.2°N, 85.7°W, 26 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Lynn Haven, 6.2 mi away.

Topography around Panama City

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Panama City.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Panama City has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 92 ft around an average of 26 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 377 ft.

The land around Panama City is covered by artificial surfaces (34%) and water (33%) within 2 miles, water (46%) and trees (26%) within 10 miles, and trees (54%) and water (34%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
92 ft
10 miles
141 ft
50 miles
377 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Lynn Haven 6.2 mi · Santa Rosa Beach 38 mi · Fort Walton Beach 60 mi · Wright 62 mi · Crestview 68 mi · Navarre 74 mi · Dothan 75 mi · Enterprise 81 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Panama City (30.1595°, -85.6598°, elevation 26 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).