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Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon
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: Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bath 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 Bath for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Panama City for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

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. Bath 10, Panama City 44: Panama City leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Bath 44, Panama City 57: Panama City leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Bath 68, Panama City 62: Bath leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Bath 30, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bath 58, Panama City 74: Panama City leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Bath 80, Panama City 50: Bath leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Bath 50, Panama City 45: Bath leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bath 72, Panama City 40: Bath leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Bath 54, Panama City 52: Bath leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Bath 27, Panama City 55: Panama City leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bath 44, Panama City 34: Bath leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bath 78, Panama City 22: Bath leads by 56 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bath and Panama City.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Bath
51match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

Panama City
50match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath 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. Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBathPanama City
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112 or 999911
Elevation132 m20 m
Main airportBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBathPanama City
City population94,0921,540,000
People per km²3,2455,600
Museums within 10 km1710
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). 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.