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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The towers of Panama City reflected in the bay in golden light, Panama City
Panama CityThe towers of Panama City reflected in the bay in golden light

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Panama City?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Amalfi for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Amalfi’s own page.

Choose Panama City for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Panama City’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Amalfi 64, Panama City 44: Amalfi leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Panama City 57: Panama City leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Panama City 74: Amalfi leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Panama City 50: Amalfi leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Panama City 45: Panama City leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Panama City 40: Amalfi leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Panama City 52: Panama City leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Panama City 55: Panama City leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Panama City 34: Panama City leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Panama City 22: Amalfi leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Panama City.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Amalfi
43match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Panama City
Best match
50match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Amalfi in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
28 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Panama City in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
161 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Amalfi's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Amalfi has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Panama City has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amalfi: 1991-2020 normals, Grazzanise (64.7 km from centre). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiPanama City
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m20 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiPanama City
City population4,7291,540,000
People per km²8305,600
Museums within 10 km810
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.