Panama City for remote workers: time-zone overlap, weather by month, prices

US Eastern team 7–8 h shared 9–5 · their day is 09:00–17:00 here

US Pacific team 5–6 h shared 9–5 · their day is 12:00–20:00 here

UK team 2–3 h shared 9–5 · their day is 04:00–12:00 here

Central Europe team 1–2 h shared 9–5 · their day is 03:00–11:00 here

Price level 50 Low: household prices Panama-wide vs US = 100 (2025)

Comfortable months 0 / 12 None reach Good; best January–May

Your team's working day, on Panama City's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Panama City; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 09:00–17:00

8 h

US Pacific 12:00–20:00

5 h

UK 04:00–12:00

3 h

Central Europe 03:00–11:00

2 h

Another zone

Panama does not change its clocks, so every shift in shared hours comes from your employer's side.

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

Month	US Eastern	US Pacific	UK	Central Europe
Jan	8 h awake 8 h	5 h awake 8 h	3 h awake 5 h	2 h awake 4 h
Feb	8 h awake 8 h	5 h awake 8 h	3 h awake 5 h	2 h awake 4 h
Mar	7–8 h awake 8 h	5–6 h awake 8 h	2–3 h awake 4–5 h	1–2 h awake 3–4 h
Apr	7 h awake 8 h	6 h awake 8 h	2 h awake 4 h	1 h awake 3 h
May	7 h awake 8 h	6 h awake 8 h	2 h awake 4 h	1 h awake 3 h
Jun	7 h awake 8 h	6 h awake 8 h	2 h awake 4 h	1 h awake 3 h
Jul	7 h awake 8 h	6 h awake 8 h	2 h awake 4 h	1 h awake 3 h
Aug	7 h awake 8 h	6 h awake 8 h	2 h awake 4 h	1 h awake 3 h
Sep	7 h awake 8 h	6 h awake 8 h	2 h awake 4 h	1 h awake 3 h
Oct	7 h awake 8 h	6 h awake 8 h	2–3 h awake 4–5 h	1–2 h awake 3–4 h
Nov	8 h awake 8 h	5 h awake 8 h	3 h awake 5 h	2 h awake 4 h
Dec	8 h awake 8 h	5 h awake 8 h	3 h awake 5 h	2 h awake 4 h

Month	High	Low	Rain	Dew point	Daylight	Score
Jan	31°C	24°C	80 mm	22°C oppressive	11.5 h	4.3
Feb	31°C	24°C	53 mm	22°C oppressive	11.7 h	4.3
Mar	32°C	25°C	19 mm	23°C oppressive	11.9 h	4.0
Apr	32°C	25°C	37 mm	24°C oppressive	12.2 h	3.7
May	32°C	25°C	94 mm	25°C oppressive	12.4 h	3.3
Jun	31°C	24°C	172 mm	25°C oppressive	12.5 h	2.6
Jul	31°C	24°C	161 mm	25°C oppressive	12.5 h	2.7
Aug	31°C	24°C	183 mm	24°C oppressive	12.3 h	2.5
Sep	31°C	23°C	180 mm	24°C oppressive	12.0 h	2.6
Oct	31°C	24°C	352 mm	24°C oppressive	11.8 h	1.7
Nov	30°C	23°C	438 mm	24°C oppressive	11.6 h	2.2
Dec	30°C	23°C	430 mm	23°C oppressive	11.5 h	2.0

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Population: 1,540,000 (2026)
Elevation: 20 m
Airports: Tocumen International Airport (PTY), 18 km
Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (PAC), 4 km
Time zone: America/Panama
Visas: Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Panama's official government or embassy website.
Read more: Panama City on Wikipedia

US: Level 2 Exercise Increased Caution. State Department

UK FCDO No FCDO advice against travel. Updated 2026-10-09. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

Within an hour of Panama City's clock today, most comfortable months first.