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Living conditions

Health and safety

Health precautions

MAIN HEALTH RISK

- All rural areas situated at less than 1,800 meters in altitude have malaria however, malaria remains rare in towns.  The existing strains are very resistant to chloroquine in the Amazon (zone 3) and moderately resistant in the rest of the country (zone 2).

- Dengue fever is present in the whole country including in towns.

- Yellow fever is endemic in the Magdalena valley, the Eastern range, the region of Uraba, Orenoque, the Amazon and the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.

- People with respiratory, heart or hypertension diseases can be made uncomfortable by the altitude or affected by altitude sickness.

- Tuberculosis is common in the country.

Systematically:

- Hepatitis A: the vaccination is available for children from the age of one year.  People born before 1945, grew up in a developing country or have a history of jaundice could avoid an unnecessary vaccination by testing for antibodies in the serous (immunoglobulin G - Ig G).  Hepatitis B: the vaccination is available for children from the age of two months.

- Diphtheria, tetanus, polio: to be updated if necessary (recall every ten years).

For further information on sanitary conditions

Weather forecast
Meteo Consult

For further information on safety conditions

Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Contacter votre ambassade

Emergency numbers

Police	104
Tourism Police	226.40.21 or 270.24.67
Panamanian Institute of Tourism, Legal affairs Management	226.30.15 or 226.70.00
Complaints center	262.69.79, 262.82.77 or 266.60.77

Time difference and climate

Time and time difference

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Summer time period

Panama is a tropical country and temperatures are generally uniform all through out the year.  The average temperature is 81 degrees F (27° C).

Map of the time zone

Type of climate

The climate in Panama is very varied.  The mountains are the cause of three types of climate: the tropical humid zone of the Atlantic, the temperate zone of the Central Valley and the tropical zone of the Pacific characterized by its very hot summers and very intense rainy seasons.  The average annual temperatures vary between 90oF (32° C) on the coast to 63oF (17°C) inland. The Central Valley has an average temperature of 68oF (20°C)  all through out the year and  is referred to as the eternal spring. The proximity of the equator determines the two seasons on the coasts:  a dry season from December to May, called summer. A rainy season starts in April or May and ends in December.

For further information

World Weather Information Service

Average annual temperatures and rainfall

Useful resources

To find an accommodation

Visit Panama
Hotel reservations
Hotel reservation

To find an apartment

"ENCUENTRA 24" real Estate Agency

Compre o Alquile

To find a job

Computrabajo (Spanish only)
Tecoloco

Communications

Telephone codes

To call in Panama from Tunisia, dial 00 (ou +) +507.
To call Tunisia from Panama, dial 00 (ou +) 216.

Mobile telephone standards

Internet suffix

.pa

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Last updates: May 2012