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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
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: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cadiz 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 Cadiz for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Panama City for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • 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. Cadiz 80, Panama City 44: Cadiz leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Panama City 57: Cadiz leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz and Panama City are level on 62.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Panama City 74: Panama City leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Panama City 50: Cadiz leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Panama City 45: Cadiz leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Panama City 40: Cadiz leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Panama City 52: Panama City leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Panama City 55: Cadiz leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Panama City 34: Cadiz leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Panama City 22: Cadiz leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Panama City.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Panama City
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.

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizPanama City
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m20 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizPanama City
City population109,9501,540,000
People per km²9,0875,600
Museums within 10 km1110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.