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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
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: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hiroshima 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 Hiroshima for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Panama City for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • 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. Hiroshima 30, Panama City 44: Panama City leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Panama City 57: Hiroshima leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Panama City 74: Panama City leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Panama City 50: Hiroshima leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Panama City 45: Hiroshima leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Panama City 40: Hiroshima leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima and Panama City are level on 52.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Panama City 55: Hiroshima leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Panama City 34: Hiroshima leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Panama City 22: Hiroshima leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Panama City.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Panama City
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.

Hiroshima in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
299 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
24 °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. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaPanama City
Official languageJapaneseSpanish
CurrencyYen (JPY)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation3 m20 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaPanama City
City population1,198,0211,540,000
People per km²1,3245,600
Museums within 10 km1810
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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. 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.