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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
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: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Liverpool 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 Liverpool for

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

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

Choose Panama City for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Liverpool 22, Panama City 44: Panama City leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Panama City 57: Panama City leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Panama City 62: Liverpool leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Panama City 62: Liverpool leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Panama City 74: Panama City leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Panama City 50: Liverpool leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Panama City 45: Liverpool leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Panama City 40: Liverpool leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool and Panama City are level on 52.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Panama City 55: Panama City leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Panama City 34: Liverpool leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool and Panama City are level on 22.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool 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

Liverpool
52match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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.

Liverpool in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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

Liverpool's temperatures are measured 47 km from the centre, at Manchester Airport.

Liverpool 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.

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. Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolPanama City
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112 or 999911
Elevation70 m20 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolPanama City
City population513,4411,540,000
People per km²4,5925,600
Museums within 10 km3110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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.