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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
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: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antalya 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 Antalya for

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Panama City for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • 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. Antalya 82, Panama City 44: Antalya leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Antalya and Panama City are level on 57.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Panama City 74: Antalya leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Panama City 50: Antalya leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Panama City 45: Antalya leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Panama City 40: Antalya leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Panama City 52: Panama City leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Panama City 55: Antalya leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Panama City 34: Antalya leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Panama City 22: Antalya leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Panama City.

Your match

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

Antalya
Best match
61match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

Panama City
50match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Antalya in July

35 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
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

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. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaPanama City
Official languageTurkishSpanish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation30 m20 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaPanama City
City population2,426,3561,540,000
People per km²1,7125,600
Museums within 10 km510
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.