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Bratislava Castle, Bratislava
BratislavaBratislava Castle
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: Bratislava by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bratislava 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 Bratislava for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Panama City for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Bratislava 15, Panama City 44: Panama City leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Bratislava 42, Panama City 57: Panama City leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Bratislava 45, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Bratislava 40, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bratislava 55, Panama City 74: Panama City leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Bratislava 78, Panama City 50: Bratislava leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Bratislava 40, Panama City 45: Panama City leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bratislava 68, Panama City 40: Bratislava leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Bratislava 35, Panama City 52: Panama City leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Bratislava 62, Panama City 55: Bratislava leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bratislava 48, Panama City 34: Bratislava leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bratislava 36, Panama City 22: Bratislava leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bratislava and Panama City.

Your match

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

Bratislava
47match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Panama City
Best match
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.

Bratislava in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Bratislava 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.

Bratislava's sunshine is measured 56 km from the centre, at Wien / Hohe Warte.

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. Bratislava: 1991-2020 normals, Bratislava Ivanka (8.6 km from centre). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBratislavaPanama City
Official languageSlovakSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation152 m20 m
Main airportM. R. Štefánik Airport (BTS)8 km from centre68 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBratislavaPanama City
City population480,9021,540,000
People per km²1,3085,600
Museums within 10 km2210
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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.