Panama City
Capital of Panama: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Panama City Skyline 1: Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Panama City is the capital of Panama, in Panamá. About 408,168 people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Panama in our atlas.
It lies at 8.99° N, 79.52° W, about 17 m (56 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Panama time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Panama City. Green dots: other major cities of Panama. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Panama City has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 31°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 24°C (75°F). Around 1,937 mm (76 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Oct.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in PanamaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3703443 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q3306 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Panama City Skyline 1: Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Torre de Panama Viejo: Editorpana, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Panama 08 2013 Trump Ocean Tower 7085: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Revolution-tower: Rubydiazmendez, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Una mañana tranquila en el Palacio de Las Garzas: Anelita Cocoa Celis, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- La Historia del Canal de Panamá, en un solo lugar: Ssaucedoc, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Panama 08 2013 The Point 7030: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Panama 08 2013 BICSA 7028: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Panamá: MACPanama, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
