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Main Street in winter with the mountains behind, Breckenridge
BreckenridgeMain Street in winter with the mountains behind
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: Breckenridge by Jeff Gunn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Breckenridge 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 Breckenridge for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Panama City for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

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. Breckenridge 4, Panama City 44: Panama City leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Breckenridge 33, Panama City 57: Panama City leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Breckenridge 20, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Breckenridge 30, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Breckenridge 90, Panama City 74: Breckenridge leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Breckenridge 44, Panama City 50: Panama City leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Breckenridge 60, Panama City 45: Breckenridge leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Breckenridge 62, Panama City 40: Breckenridge leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Breckenridge 25, Panama City 52: Panama City leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Breckenridge 10, Panama City 55: Panama City leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Breckenridge 32, Panama City 34: Panama City leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Breckenridge 30, Panama City 22: Breckenridge leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Breckenridge and Panama City.

Your match

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

Breckenridge
37match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Panama City
Best match
50match

Wins on prices 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.

Breckenridge in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
41 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Panama City in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
161 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BreckenridgePanama City

Where the figures come from

Breckenridge's temperatures are measured 38 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Breckenridge 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. Breckenridge: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (37.7 km from centre). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBreckenridgePanama City
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number911911
Elevation2,926 m20 m
Main airportDenver International Airport (DEN)124 km from centre231 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBreckenridgePanama City
City population5,0781,540,000
People per km²3325,600
Museums within 10 km010
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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). 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. 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.

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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.