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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 Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Panama City or Toulouse?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Panama City leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Panama City 57, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Panama City 62, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Panama City 62, Toulouse 56: Panama City leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Panama City 74, Toulouse 58: Panama City leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Panama City 50, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Panama City 45, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Panama City 40, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Panama City 52, Toulouse 50: Panama City leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Panama City 55, Toulouse 46: Panama City leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Panama City 34, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Panama City 22, Toulouse 27: Toulouse leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Panama City and Toulouse.

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.

Toulouse
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
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). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePanama CityToulouse
Official languageSpanishFrench
CurrencyBalboa (PAB)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation20 m115 m
Main airportTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePanama CityToulouse
City population1,540,000514,819
People per km²5,6004,352
Museums within 10 km1024
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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. 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.