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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
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: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bled 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 Bled for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Bled’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. Bled 50, Panama City 44: Bled leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Panama City 57: Panama City leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 57 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Panama City 74: Bled leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Panama City 50: Bled leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Panama City 45: Bled leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Panama City 40: Bled leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Panama City 52: Panama City leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Panama City 55: Panama City leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Panama City 34: Panama City leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Panama City 22: Bled leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bled and Panama City.

Your match

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

Bled
40match

Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

Panama City
Best match
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.

Bled in July

27 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
154 mmrain in the month
8 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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Where the figures come from

Bled's temperatures are measured 36 km from the centre, at Klagenfurt.

Bled 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. Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledPanama City
Official languageSloveneSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation501 m20 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledPanama City
City population4,9691,540,000
People per km²265,600
Museums within 10 km410
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). 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.