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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
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

Photos: Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Panama City or Ubud?

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

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Ubud for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Ubud’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, Ubud 38: Panama City leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Panama City 57, Ubud 60: Ubud leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Panama City 62, Ubud 58: Panama City leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Panama City 62, Ubud 15: Panama City leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Panama City 74, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Panama City 50, Ubud 72: Ubud leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Panama City 45, Ubud 48: Ubud leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Panama City 40, Ubud 10: Panama City leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Panama City and Ubud are level on 52.
Affordability. Panama City 55, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Panama City 34, Ubud 47: Ubud leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Panama City 22, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 74 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Panama City and Ubud.

Your match

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

Panama City
50match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Ubud
Best match
55match

Wins on wellness and prices 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

Ubud in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
110 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Panama CityUbud

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.

Ubud's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai.

Ubud's station stands 209 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Ubud 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). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePanama CityUbud
Official languageSpanishIndonesian
CurrencyBalboa (PAB)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+8
Emergency number911112
Elevation20 m210 m
Main airportTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasurePanama CityUbud
City population1,540,000-
People per km²5,600-
Museums within 10 km1014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. 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.