Panama

Boquete in May

🌧️ Rainy season

Pleasant, a little humid and very wet. Watch for flood risk.

🎒 Pack: compact umbrella or rain jacket · waterproof sandals

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Why May scores 8.0What goes into the score

🌡️ 25° / 19°C🌧️ 270 mm💧 dew pt 20°🍃 PM2.5 4

Weather comfort7.0
- ✓Comfortable temperatures (24.6°C highs / 19°C lows)
- !Humid (dew point 20°C)
- !Wet: ~270 mm rain, ~10 heavy-rain days
Air quality10.0
- ✓Good (within WHO guideline) (PM2.5 ~4 µg/m³)
Seasonal hazards8.5
- !Flood: ~10 heavy-rain days (≥10 mm) in an average May
Safety baseline7.5
- ·Increased caution

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Typical-month data: NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis) 2015–2024 (modelled, not a forecast).

No long holidays

No long public-holiday weekends this month. School holidays aren't counted, so check those if you want to avoid family crowds.

Other public holidays: Labor Day (1 May)

National holidays only; regional holidays and school breaks aren't included. Source: holidays (open-source public-holiday calendar).

Check event dates locally

A mountain town in western Panama known for coffee farms, cooler weather, hiking and Volcán Barú.

Events in May

No major events on our calendar for May.

Coming up later

Feria de las Flores y del CaféDate variesUsually mid-January

A large flower and coffee fair.

Why go: Accommodation fills up.

Where: Fairgrounds by the river