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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
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Panama City or Pisa?

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 Panama City for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Pisa for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Pisa’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. Panama City 44, Pisa 58: Pisa leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Panama City 57, Pisa 55: Panama City leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Panama City 62, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Panama City 62, Pisa 40: Panama City leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Panama City 74, Pisa 62: Panama City leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Panama City 50, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Panama City 45, Pisa 52: Pisa leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Panama City 40, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Panama City 52, Pisa 38: Panama City leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Panama City and Pisa are level on 55.
Live music & performing arts. Panama City 34, Pisa 38: Pisa leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Panama City 22, Pisa 45: Pisa leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Panama City and Pisa.

Your match

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

Panama City
50match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

Pisa
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Pisa in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Panama CityPisa

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. Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePanama CityPisa
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyBalboa (PAB)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation20 m4 m
Main airportTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePanama CityPisa
City population1,540,00088,737
People per km²5,600479
Museums within 10 km1027
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under 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.