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Panama City vs Crested Butte

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Bottom line

Panama City is the warmer of the two — about 26°C on the annual average; Panama City is the wetter, with 834 mm more rain a year, and Crested Butte the sunnier.

Warmer Panama City 26°C on the year

Wetter Panama City 834 mm more a year

Sunnier Crested Butte 18 pp less cloud

Colder winters Crested Butte 45°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Panama City and Crested Butte, in everyday terms.

Summers

Panama City has far hotter summers

Panama City: Hot
Crested Butte: Mild

Winters

Panama City has far milder winters

Panama City: Stays warm
Crested Butte: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Panama City is much wetter

Panama City: Wet
Crested Butte: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Crested Butte is sunnier

Panama City: Often grey
Crested Butte: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Panama City is the warmer of the two — about 26°C on the annual average.

Precipitation

Panama City is the wetter — about 834 mm more across the year.

Clear skies

Crested Butte has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°C) Panama City runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Panama City	33	33	33	33	32	31	32	32	31	31	31	32
Crested Butte	-3	-1	4	8	15	21	25	23	19	13	4	-3
Difference	-36	-34	-30	-25	-17	-10	-7	-8	-12	-18	-27	-35

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Panama City	33	33	33	33	32	31
Crested Butte	-3	-1	4	8	15	21
Difference	-36	-34	-30	-25	-17	-10

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Panama City	32	32	31	31	31	32
Crested Butte	25	23	19	13	4	-3
Difference	-7	-8	-12	-18	-27	-35

Avg low (°C) Panama City runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Panama City	22	22	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23
Crested Butte	-21	-19	-14	-7	-2	1	4	4	-0	-6	-13	-20
Difference	-43	-41	-36	-31	-26	-23	-20	-20	-24	-29	-36	-43

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Panama City	22	22	23	24	24	24
Crested Butte	-21	-19	-14	-7	-2	1
Difference	-43	-41	-36	-31	-26	-23

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Panama City	24	24	24	24	23	23
Crested Butte	4	4	-0	-6	-13	-20
Difference	-20	-20	-24	-29	-36	-43

Precipitation (mm) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Panama City	22	19	23	62	211	232	170	178	206	—	226	87
Crested Butte	69	65	54	51	38	24	50	50	49	43	51	57
Difference	+47	+46	+31	-11	-173	-208	-120	-127	-157	—	-175	-30

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Panama City	22	19	23	62	211	232
Crested Butte	69	65	54	51	38	24
Difference	+47	+46	+31	-11	-173	-208

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Panama City	170	178	206	—	226	87
Crested Butte	50	50	49	43	51	57
Difference	-120	-127	-157	—	-175	-30

Snowfall (cm)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Panama City	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	106	90	69	46	17	1	0	0	3	20	66	88
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Panama City	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	106	90	69	46	17	1
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Panama City	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	0	0	3	20	66	88
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—

Cloud cover (%) Panama City runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Panama City	49	51	54	68	84	85	85	85	84	83	80	62
Crested Butte	54	60	60	63	61	46	57	58	46	44	49	54
Difference	+6	+9	+5	-5	-23	-39	-28	-27	-39	-39	-31	-9

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Panama City	49	51	54	68	84	85
Crested Butte	54	60	60	63	61	46
Difference	+6	+9	+5	-5	-23	-39

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Panama City	85	85	84	83	80	62
Crested Butte	57	58	46	44	49	54
Difference	-28	-27	-39	-39	-31	-9

Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Panama City	78	74	70	72	80	84	85	85	85	85	85	83
Crested Butte	91	94	89	76	64	52	56	59	57	63	77	89
Difference	+13	+20	+20	+4	-16	-32	-30	-26	-28	-23	-9	+6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Panama City	78	74	70	72	80	84
Crested Butte	91	94	89	76	64	52
Difference	+13	+20	+20	+4	-16	-32

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Panama City	85	85	85	85	85	83
Crested Butte	56	59	57	63	77	89
Difference	-30	-26	-28	-23	-9	+6

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Panama City trends → · Crested Butte trends →

Methodology & sources

Panama City

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Tocumen Intl, a weather station, about 17 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Crested Butte

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Crested Butte, a weather station, about 1 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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