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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
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: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Amman 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 Amman for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Panama City for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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. Amman 22, Panama City 44: Panama City leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Panama City 57: Amman leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Panama City 74: Panama City leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Panama City 50: Amman leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Panama City 45: Panama City leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Panama City 40: Panama City leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Panama City 52: Panama City leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Panama City 55: Amman leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Panama City 34: Panama City leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Panama City 22: Amman leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Panama City.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

Panama City
Best match
50match

Wins on nightlife and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Amman in July

33 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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

Amman 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.

Amman's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Mafraq.

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. Amman: 1994-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Amman Airport (6 km from centre). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanPanama City
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5
Emergency number911911
Elevation776 m20 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanPanama City
City population4,007,5261,540,000
People per km²2,3855,600
Museums within 10 km810
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.