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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
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: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Mumbai 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 Mumbai for

  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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

Choose Panama City for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Mumbai 18, Panama City 44: Panama City leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Panama City 57: Mumbai leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Panama City 62: Mumbai leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Panama City 74: Panama City leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Panama City 50: Panama City leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Panama City 45: Panama City leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Panama City 40: Panama City leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Panama City 52: Mumbai leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Panama City 55: Mumbai leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Panama City 34: Mumbai leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Panama City 22: Mumbai leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Panama City.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Mumbai
51match

Wins on food and drink and live music and the arts 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.

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiPanama City
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation14 m20 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiPanama City
City population15,414,2881,540,000
People per km²25,5635,600
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.