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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
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: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hobart 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 Hobart for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Panama City for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • 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. Hobart 30, Panama City 44: Panama City leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Panama City 57: Hobart leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Panama City 74: Hobart leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Panama City 50: Hobart leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Panama City 45: Hobart leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Panama City 40: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Panama City 52: Panama City leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Panama City 55: Panama City leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Panama City 34: Hobart leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Panama City 22: Hobart leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Panama City.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Hobart
48match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Panama City
50match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 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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HobartPanama City

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. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartPanama City
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number000911
Elevation54 m20 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartPanama City
City population197,4511,540,000
People per km²1165,600
Museums within 10 km810
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). 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.