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Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas
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: Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Maastricht 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 Maastricht for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Panama City for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

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. Maastricht 8, Panama City 44: Panama City leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Maastricht 58, Panama City 57: Maastricht leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Maastricht 60, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Maastricht 42, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Maastricht 58, Panama City 74: Panama City leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Maastricht 77, Panama City 50: Maastricht leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Maastricht 55, Panama City 45: Maastricht leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Maastricht 74, Panama City 40: Maastricht leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Maastricht 60, Panama City 52: Maastricht leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Maastricht 38, Panama City 55: Panama City leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Maastricht 40, Panama City 34: Maastricht leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Maastricht 52, Panama City 22: Maastricht leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Maastricht 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

Maastricht
52match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

Panama City
50match

Wins on beaches 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.

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMaastrichtPanama City
Official languageDutchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation49 m20 m
Main airportMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMaastrichtPanama City
City population120,2271,540,000
People per km²2,0005,600
Museums within 10 km2110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.