San Blas Island Video

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A couple of videos here to show you some scenes from San Blas. Thought you might enjoy this San Blas Islands video to get a closer look at what to expect on your San Blas Panama vacation.

San Blas Weather

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Natural beauty apart, what brings many tourists, backpackers and surfers for a vacation in the San Blas Panama Islands is the warm sunny tropical weather in San Blas that you can find here. The year round sunshine is only interrupted during the rainy season. The combination of the warm sun, azure blue waters and miles and miles of white sand beaches is what makes the islands the special place that they are.

Sun and more sun is what you will get as far as the weather in the San Blas Islands if you were to visit them during summer. April to July is a period when you could be in for some really hot days. The mercury could easily soar up to 33 degrees Celsius or 90 degrees Fahrenheit during this time of the year. Humidity too would be at a high of around 80 percent during the summers. This is the usually the time when tourists flock to the famous beaches for some surfing. From getting sun tanned to enjoying some of the best water sports, this is the time to be here. In fact, the hot summers are the time which attracts the most numbers of visitors to the islands. The night temperatures though are much cooler, even during the summer, cooled by the sea breezes from the Caribbean.

Strictly speaking there is no specific winter season in the San Blas Islands. The rainy season can be considered as the winter season too. This is the time of the year when the temperatures would drop, during that time it rains, to provide temporary relief. You can expect rains in the islands on a pretty consistent basis from November till January. The best months of the year with clear skies are from January to March.

If you are someone who enjoys the tropical sunshine, then you can visit the islands during any time of the year. Sometimes the rain will come only for a short period of five to fifteen minutes and then the sunshine will reappear. If sun along with some rain is your idea of a great vacation then you can head to these beautiful islands from November till March. This is usually the time when the maximum number of tourists, throng these islands.

For the current weather conditions in Panama, San Blas Islands, have a look below: