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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
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: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Panama City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • nightlife

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. Bordeaux 50, Panama City 44: Bordeaux leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Panama City 57: Bordeaux leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Panama City 62: Bordeaux leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Panama City 74: Panama City leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Panama City 50: Bordeaux leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Panama City 45: Bordeaux leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Panama City 40: Bordeaux leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Panama City 52: Bordeaux leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Panama City 55: Panama City leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Panama City 34: Bordeaux leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Panama City 22: Bordeaux leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Panama City.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Panama City
50match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 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

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. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxPanama City
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation1 m20 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxPanama City
City population267,9911,540,000
People per km²5,4255,600
Museums within 10 km1810
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.