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Panama City City Intelligence

Panama City anchors a globally significant logistics and finance hub at the Canal with growing services activity and active coastal climate-adaptation work. Panama City is a latin america city of about 1.5M metro in Panama. On the composite city-intelligence score, Panama City sits around the indexed median (72/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
1.5M metro
View of Panama City, Panama

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Overall score

Read Panama City as a logistics-led services hub where regional connectivity and dollarized stability balance climate exposure and housing pressure.

Overall72/100
Affordability72/100
Air quality74/100
Energy74/100

Overall city intelligence

Good

72/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Logistics depth

Globally cited

Canal and trade infrastructure shape regional and global flows.

Climate exposure

Coastal

Coastal flooding and storm exposure shape adaptation priorities.

Panama City data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Panama City city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score72/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living72/100Panama City is moderately priced for the region, with central premium districts the main pressure on housing.
Air Quality74/100Panama City performs moderately on air-quality benchmarks, with coastal context supporting dispersion.
Energy74/100Panama City benefits from Panama's hydropower-led electricity baseline and active solar build-out.
Safety76/100Panama City scores moderately on safety with stable institutional response and district-level variation.
Internet Speed76/100Panama City offers reliable fiber and mobile networks supporting digital services and remote work.
Climate Risk68/100Panama City carries moderate climate risk centered on coastal flooding, heavy rainfall, and rising heat.
Resilience68/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety69/100
Low crime71/100
Personal safety70/100
Night safety63/100
Road safety69/100

Panama City is estimated to be a generally safe city (69/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life69/100
Healthcare75/100
Education79/100
Green space45/100
Cleanliness76/100
Infrastructure82/100
Mobility68/100

Panama City has a high quality-of-life estimate (69/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness69/100
Education79/100
Green space45/100
Overall safety69/100

Panama City scores high for family living (69/100), helped by education access and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability74/100
Walkability84/100
Cycling69/100
Infrastructure82/100

Panama City is high for remote workers (74/100), based on connectivity, affordability and walkability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability69/100
Healthcare75/100
Cleanliness76/100
Outdoor lifestyle22/100

Panama City is high for retirement (69/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Panama City

Local public safety guidance for Panama City, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Panama City, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Panama emergency profile, which currently lists no verified national contacts.

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Panama City

Healthcare context for Panama City, with national-level information from Panama where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Unverified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Panama City, see the Panama healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Panama City

Local mobility context for Panama City, with national-level context from Panama where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Panama City, see the Panama transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Panama City. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Panama City

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Panama City will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Panama City air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Panama City modules

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Energy in Panama City

Panama City benefits from Panama's hydropower-led electricity baseline and active solar build-out.

Safety in Panama City

Panama City scores moderately on safety with stable institutional response and district-level variation.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Panama City

Cost of living estimates for Panama City — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Panama City

Climate profile for Panama City — Tropical climate, annual average 26.5°C, comfort score 57/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Panama City

Economy and jobs profile for Panama City — government center, economy score 71/100, key industries including government, tourism, hospitality. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Panama City

Education profile for Panama City — regional education center, education score 65/100, 5 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Panama City

Healthcare and retirement profile for Panama City — regional healthcare center, healthcare score 67/100, retirement score 65/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Estimate a monthly budget for Panama City

Estimate a monthly budget for Panama City using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Panama City

Plan a trip budget for Panama City using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Panama City

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Panama City. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

San José, Costa Rica

Cross-border · about 510 km from Panama City. Explore San José's city intelligence profile.

Medellín, Colombia

Cross-border · about 532 km from Panama City. Explore Medellín's city intelligence profile.

Bogotá, Colombia

Cross-border · about 773 km from Panama City. Explore Bogotá's city intelligence profile.

Quito, Ecuador

Cross-border · about 1028 km from Panama City. Explore Quito's city intelligence profile.

Interpretation

Read Panama City as a logistics-led services hub where regional connectivity and dollarized stability balance climate exposure and housing pressure. Its standout dimensions are safety (76/100) and internet speed (76/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (68/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Panama country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Panama City appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.