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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
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: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Belgrade 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 Belgrade for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Panama City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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. Belgrade 40, Panama City 44: Panama City leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Panama City 57: Belgrade leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Panama City 62: Belgrade leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Panama City 74: Panama City leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Panama City 50: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Belgrade and Panama City are level on 45.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Panama City 40: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Panama City 52: Panama City leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Panama City 55: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Panama City 34: Belgrade leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Panama City 22: Belgrade leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Panama City.

Your match

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

Belgrade
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Panama City
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Belgrade in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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BelgradePanama City

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. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradePanama City
Official languageSerbianSpanish
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193911
Elevation117 m20 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradePanama City
City population1,197,7141,540,000
People per km²3,3275,600
Museums within 10 km6510
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.