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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 boardwalk at Delaware Avenue, Rehoboth Beach
Rehoboth BeachThe boardwalk at Delaware Avenue

Photos: Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Rehoboth Beach by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Panama City or Rehoboth Beach?

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

  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Rehoboth Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Rehoboth Beach’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, Rehoboth Beach 70: Rehoboth Beach leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Panama City 57, Rehoboth Beach 44: Panama City leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Panama City 62, Rehoboth Beach 14: Panama City leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Panama City 62, Rehoboth Beach 40: Panama City leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Panama City 74, Rehoboth Beach 50: Panama City leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Panama City and Rehoboth Beach are level on 50.
Good for families. Panama City 45, Rehoboth Beach 70: Rehoboth Beach leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Panama City 40, Rehoboth Beach 50: Rehoboth Beach leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Panama City 52, Rehoboth Beach 45: Panama City leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Panama City 55, Rehoboth Beach 32: Panama City leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Panama City 34, Rehoboth Beach 28: Panama City leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Panama City 22, Rehoboth Beach 32: Rehoboth Beach leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Panama City and Rehoboth Beach.

Your match

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

Panama City
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Rehoboth Beach
44match

Wins on beaches and families 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
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Rehoboth Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
23 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Panama CityRehoboth Beach

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.

Rehoboth Beach 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). Rehoboth Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Georgetown / Rogers Development (24.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePanama CityRehoboth Beach
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyBalboa (PAB)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation20 m5 m
Main airportTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)56 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePanama CityRehoboth Beach
City population1,540,0001,108
People per km²5,600258
Museums within 10 km102
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months3 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.