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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
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: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Krakow 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 Krakow for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Panama City for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

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. Krakow 9, Panama City 44: Panama City leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Panama City 57: Panama City leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Panama City 62: Krakow leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Panama City 62: Krakow leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Panama City 74: Panama City leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Panama City 50: Krakow leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Panama City 45: Krakow leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Panama City 40: Krakow leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Panama City 52: Panama City leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Panama City 55: Krakow leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Panama City 34: Krakow leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Panama City 22: Krakow leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Panama City.

Your match

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

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Panama City
50match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 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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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. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowPanama City
Official languagePolishSpanish
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsCE50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation219 m20 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowPanama City
City population804,2371,540,000
People per km²2,4595,600
Museums within 10 km11310
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
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). 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.