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Hot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise, Goreme
GoremeHot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise
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: Goreme by Guerrero De la Luz, Pexels License; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Goreme 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 Goreme for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Panama City for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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. Goreme 3, Panama City 44: Panama City leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Goreme 20, Panama City 57: Panama City leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Goreme 45, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Goreme 5, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 57 points.
Nature & outdoors. Goreme and Panama City are level on 74.
Day trips. Goreme 70, Panama City 50: Goreme leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Goreme 40, Panama City 45: Panama City leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Goreme and Panama City are level on 40.
Shopping & style. Goreme 22, Panama City 52: Panama City leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Goreme 58, Panama City 55: Goreme leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Goreme 10, Panama City 34: Panama City leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Goreme 42, Panama City 22: Goreme leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Goreme and Panama City.

Your match

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

Goreme
36match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Panama City
Best match
50match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Goreme in July

30 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
13 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

Goreme's station stands 160 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

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. Goreme: 1991-2020 normals, Nevsehir (10.2 km from centre). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGoremePanama City
Official languageTurkishSpanish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation1,100 m20 m
Main airportKayseri Erkilet International Airport (ASR)60 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGoremePanama City
City population2,0001,540,000
People per km²205,600
Museums within 10 km510
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.