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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
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Panama City or Stockholm?

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

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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

Choose Stockholm for

  • getting around
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Stockholm’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, Stockholm 40: Panama City leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Panama City 57, Stockholm 64: Stockholm leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Panama City 62, Stockholm 77: Stockholm leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Panama City 62, Stockholm 57: Panama City leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Panama City 74, Stockholm 72: Panama City leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Panama City 50, Stockholm 68: Stockholm leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Panama City 45, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Panama City 40, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Panama City 52, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Panama City 55, Stockholm 30: Panama City leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Panama City 34, Stockholm 65: Stockholm leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Panama City 22, Stockholm 56: Stockholm leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Panama City and Stockholm.

Your match

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

Panama City
50match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on getting around 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
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Stockholm in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
65 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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.

Stockholm 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.

Stockholm's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Stockholm Observatoriet.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePanama CityStockholm
Official languageSpanishSwedish
CurrencyBalboa (PAB)Swedish Krona (SEK)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation20 m22 m
Main airportTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePanama CityStockholm
City population1,540,000984,748
People per km²5,6005,260
Museums within 10 km10266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.