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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
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Panama City or Tbilisi?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Tbilisi’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, Tbilisi 7: Panama City leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Panama City 57, Tbilisi 72: Tbilisi leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Panama City and Tbilisi are level on 62.
Nightlife. Panama City 62, Tbilisi 70: Tbilisi leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Panama City 74, Tbilisi 58: Panama City leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Panama City 50, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Panama City and Tbilisi are level on 45.
Getting around. Panama City 40, Tbilisi 52: Tbilisi leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Panama City 52, Tbilisi 42: Panama City leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Panama City 55, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Panama City 34, Tbilisi 57: Tbilisi leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Panama City 22, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 44 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Panama City and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Panama City
50match

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

Tbilisi
Best match
57match

Wins on wellness and day trips 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

Tbilisi in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
34 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePanama CityTbilisi
Official languageSpanishGeorgian
CurrencyBalboa (PAB)Lari (GEL)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+4
Emergency number911112
Elevation20 m575 m
Main airportTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasurePanama CityTbilisi
City population1,540,0001,331,485
People per km²5,6001,849
Museums within 10 km1029
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. 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.