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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 CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Panama City or Toronto?

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
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Panama City leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Panama City 57, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Panama City 62, Toronto 50: Panama City leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Panama City and Toronto are level on 62.
Nature & outdoors. Panama City 74, Toronto 52: Panama City leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Panama City and Toronto are level on 50.
Good for families. Panama City 45, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Panama City 40, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Panama City 52, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Panama City 55, Toronto 34: Panama City leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Panama City 34, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Panama City 22, Toronto 33: Toronto leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Panama City and Toronto.

Your match

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

Panama City
50match

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

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
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). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePanama CityToronto
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyBalboa (PAB)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation20 m76 m
Main airportTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePanama CityToronto
City population1,540,0002,794,356
People per km²5,6004,434
Museums within 10 km1032
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months1 month

Where else could you go?

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