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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
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Panama City or Taipei?

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

  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Taipei for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Taipei’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, Taipei 40: Panama City leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Panama City 57, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Panama City 62, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Panama City 62, Taipei 58: Panama City leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Panama City 74, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Panama City 50, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Panama City 45, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Panama City 40, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Panama City 52, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Panama City 55, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Panama City 34, Taipei 55: Taipei leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Panama City 22, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 58 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Panama City and Taipei.

Your match

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

Panama City
50match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on wellness 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
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Taipei in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
288 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Panama CityTaipei

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.

Taipei 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). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePanama CityTaipei
Official languageSpanishTaiwanese Sign Language, Amis, Taiwanese Hokkien, Rukai, Bunun, Kanakanavu, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Paiwan, Yami, Atayal, Saaroa, Kavalan, Tsou, Seediq, Puyuma, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Taiwanese Hakka, Truku, Matsu dialect, Kinmen dialect, Wuqiu dialect
CurrencyBalboa (PAB)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+8
Emergency number911110 or 112 or 119
Elevation20 m10 m
Main airportTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasurePanama CityTaipei
City population1,540,0002,429,429
People per km²5,6008,938
Museums within 10 km1069
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months8 months

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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. 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.