Colón
City in Panama: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
CO-colon-2000-02: Balou46, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Colón is a city in Panama. About 78,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Panama in our atlas.
It lies at 9.36° N, 79.90° W, about 2 m (7 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Panama time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Colón. Green dots: other major cities of Panama. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Colón has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 29°C (83°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 26°C (78°F). Around 2,213 mm (87 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jun.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3712076 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q12825018 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- CO-colon-2000-02: Balou46, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)