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Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley
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: Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Mendoza 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 Mendoza for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Panama City for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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. Mendoza 6, Panama City 44: Panama City leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Mendoza 68, Panama City 57: Mendoza leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Mendoza 30, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Mendoza 40, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mendoza 83, Panama City 74: Mendoza leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Mendoza 52, Panama City 50: Mendoza leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Mendoza 42, Panama City 45: Panama City leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Mendoza 48, Panama City 40: Mendoza leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Mendoza 33, Panama City 52: Panama City leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Mendoza 56, Panama City 55: Mendoza leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mendoza 33, Panama City 34: Panama City leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mendoza 55, Panama City 22: Mendoza leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mendoza and Panama City.

Your match

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

Mendoza
46match

Wins on wellness and food and drink with your weighting.

Panama City
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 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. Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMendozaPanama City
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation769 m20 m
Main airportGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMendozaPanama City
City population127,1601,540,000
People per km²2,3555,600
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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). 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.