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A skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin, Jasper
JasperA skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin
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: Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Jasper 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 Jasper for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Panama City for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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. Jasper 25, Panama City 44: Panama City leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Jasper 22, Panama City 57: Panama City leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Jasper 10, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Jasper 14, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jasper 95, Panama City 74: Jasper leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Jasper 8, Panama City 50: Panama City leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Jasper 42, Panama City 45: Panama City leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Jasper 18, Panama City 40: Panama City leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Jasper 12, Panama City 52: Panama City leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Jasper 20, Panama City 55: Panama City leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jasper 7, Panama City 34: Panama City leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jasper 46, Panama City 22: Jasper leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jasper and Panama City.

Your match

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

Jasper
27match

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

Panama City
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Jasper in July

24 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 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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JasperPanama 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. Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJasperPanama City
Official languageFrench, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,060 m20 m
Main airportEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureJasperPanama City
City population4,7381,540,000
People per km²55,600
Museums within 10 km110
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.