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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 Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

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

Panama City or Tallinn?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Panama City leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Panama City 57, Tallinn 52: Panama City leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Panama City 62, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Panama City 62, Tallinn 44: Panama City leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Panama City 74, Tallinn 55: Panama City leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Panama City 50, Tallinn 58: Tallinn leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Panama City 45, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Panama City 40, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Panama City 52, Tallinn 40: Panama City leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Panama City 55, Tallinn 47: Panama City leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Panama City 34, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Panama City 22, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Panama City and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Panama City
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and nightlife with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on getting around and wellness 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 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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Panama CityTallinn

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). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePanama CityTallinn
Official languageSpanishEstonian
CurrencyBalboa (PAB)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation20 m28 m
Main airportTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePanama CityTallinn
City population1,540,000457,572
People per km²5,6002,871
Museums within 10 km1016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Panama City or Tallinn somewhere new.

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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.