United States / Florida
Panama City Beach
Panama City Beach is a coastal resort area in Florida, United States. Its longest mapped beach stretches about 1.2 km. The sea averages 29.4 °C in August, its warmest month, and 17.1 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in May–November.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 55Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 85Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 74Hotels & guesthouses
- 3Grocery shops
- 3Water-sports spots
- 1Marinas & slipways
- 3Pharmacies & clinics
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 46 restaurants, 1 café, 6 bars and 2 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 74 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Month by month
October at Panama City Beach
Beach-day index 8.9/10 · United States median 4.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 17.8 °C | 17.1 °C | 18.3 °C | 20.7 °C | 24.3 °C | 27.6 °C | 29.0 °C | 29.4 °C | 28.6 °C | 25.9 °C | 22.3 °C | 19.6 °C |
| High °C | 16° | 18° | 21° | 25° | 29° | 32° | 32° | 32° | 30° | 27° | 22° | 18° |
| Low °C | 5° | 7° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 21° | 15° | 9° | 6° |
| Rain mm | 93 | 131 | 115 | 118 | 76 | 145 | 170 | 175 | 122 | 83 | 87 | 133 |
| Cloud % | 53 | 55 | 49 | 46 | 43 | 53 | 55 | 54 | 47 | 39 | 40 | 54 |
| Wind m/s | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Daylight h | 10.4 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 10.2 |
| Record high/low | 26°/-8° | 27°/-5° | 29°/-4° | 34°/3° | 38°/8° | 40°/17° | 39°/17° | 39°/17° | 39°/10° | 38°/1° | 31°/-5° | 28°/-5° |
| Beach index | 3.6 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 7.2 | 4.1 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in May and September–October; May scores 9.0/10 with highs of 29 °C, sea at 24.3 °C and 76 mm of rain.
In May that is 4.3 points above the median of the 2,466 beaches in United States covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 6.9 °C warmer than the United States median for August (22.5 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 23.4 °C, warmer than 72% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
August is the wettest month (175 mm) and May the driest (76 mm); the yearly total is about 1,450 mm.
Daylight runs from 10.2 hours in December to 14.1 hours in June; in mid-May the sun rises at 05:49 and sets at 19:28 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-west (215°). Open water fills about 39% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in September–April; in mid-December it goes down at 16:44 local time on a bearing of 243°.
Straight out to the south-west there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 10 m deep and 18 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 9 m above sea level 500 m inland and 9 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 50% built-up land, 23% grassland and 18% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 40% of that circle.
- Built 50%
- Grass 23%
- Tree 18%
- Bare 9%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport Panama City Beach | ECP | 20.1 km | north |
| Destin Executive Airport Destin | DSI | 68.6 km | west |
| Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport Valparaiso | VPS | 76.1 km | north-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 85 mapped car parks within 1 km.
3 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 30.5K residents); within 30 km there are 13 (about 132K).
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- Ripley's Believe It or Not museum 600 m E
- WonderWorks Panama City Beach attraction 610 m NE
Marinas
- Captain Andersons Marina And Port 420 m NE
Diving & boat hire
- Star Jet Ski Rentals Panama City Beach 150 m S
- Beach Jeeps 850 780 m N
- Agape Beach Service 970 m SE
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panama City Beach | – | 29.4 °C | 1.2 km | – |
| Rosemary Beach | 23.3 km NW | 29.3 °C | 3.2 km | – |
| Grayton Beach | 39.4 km NW | 29.3 °C | 2.5 km | – |
| Miramar Beach | 57.9 km NW | 29.3 °C | 11.2 km | – |
- Rosemary Beach23.3 km NWCompare
- Grayton Beach39.4 km NWCompare
- Miramar Beach57.9 km NWCompare
Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 8.8 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w1136084143; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_16RFU_20240413_1_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 368K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.