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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
Skiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort, Winter Park, Colorado
Winter Park, ColoradoSkiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort

Photos: Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Panama City or Winter Park, Colorado?

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

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Winter Park, Colorado for

  • wellness
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Winter Park, Colorado’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, Winter Park, Colorado 5: Panama City leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Panama City 57, Winter Park, Colorado 24: Panama City leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Panama City 62, Winter Park, Colorado 6: Panama City leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Panama City 62, Winter Park, Colorado 15: Panama City leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Panama City 74, Winter Park, Colorado 88: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Panama City 50, Winter Park, Colorado 38: Panama City leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Panama City 45, Winter Park, Colorado 62: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Panama City 40, Winter Park, Colorado 42: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Panama City 52, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Panama City leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Panama City 55, Winter Park, Colorado 25: Panama City leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Panama City 34, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Panama City leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Panama City 22, Winter Park, Colorado 46: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Panama City and Winter Park, Colorado.

Your match

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

Panama City
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife with your weighting.

Winter Park, Colorado
31match

Wins on wellness 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

Winter Park, Colorado in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
39 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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Panama CityWinter Park, Colorado

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.

Winter Park, Colorado's temperatures are measured 90 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Winter Park, Colorado's station stands 269 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Winter Park, Colorado 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). Winter Park, Colorado: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (89.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePanama CityWinter Park, Colorado
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyBalboa (PAB)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation20 m2,759 m
Main airportTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePanama CityWinter Park, Colorado
City population1,540,0001,033
People per km²5,60024
Museums within 10 km100
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.