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Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town
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: Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Mostar 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 Mostar for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Panama City for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • 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. Mostar 24, Panama City 44: Panama City leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Mostar 40, Panama City 57: Panama City leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Mostar 54, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Mostar 25, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mostar 64, Panama City 74: Panama City leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Mostar 60, Panama City 50: Mostar leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Mostar 34, Panama City 45: Panama City leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Mostar 44, Panama City 40: Mostar leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Mostar 32, Panama City 52: Panama City leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Mostar 78, Panama City 55: Mostar leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mostar 16, Panama City 34: Panama City leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mostar 20, Panama City 22: Panama City leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mostar and Panama City.

Your match

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

Mostar
41match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Panama City
Best match
50match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mostar in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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MostarPanama City

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. Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMostarPanama City
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianSpanish
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation60 m20 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMostarPanama City
City population105,4481,540,000
People per km²905,600
Museums within 10 km310
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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). 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.