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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
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: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Monaco 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 Monaco for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Panama City for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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. Monaco 68, Panama City 44: Monaco leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Monaco and Panama City are level on 57.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Panama City 74: Panama City leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Panama City 50: Monaco leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Panama City 45: Monaco leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Panama City 40: Monaco leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco and Panama City are level on 52.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Panama City 55: Panama City leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Panama City 34: Monaco leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Panama City 22: Monaco leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Panama City.

Your match

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

Monaco
Best match
58match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Panama City
50match

Wins on prices 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.

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoPanama City
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation68 m20 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoPanama City
City population38,8571,540,000
People per km²18,5035,600
Museums within 10 km1410
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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). Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. 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.