Panama City Scores

  • LGBTQ friendly: The attitude towards the LGBT community by the majority of citizens of Panama City is fine.

  • Walkability: The area of Panama City is perfect for walking. There are a lot of quality walking paths, sidewalks. Traffic and road conditions are good organized.

  • Expenses: Panama City is among the top most expensive places to live according to analysts. Average costs of living could be as high as $4600 a month.
  • Nightlife: has a small number of pubs and nightclubs, but the existing ones are characterized by a high-quality level of service and reasonable prices.

  • Fits for families: There are not so many places where you can spend a good time with your family and children, but almost all of them provide excellent service.

  • Level of happiness: More people satisfied with their daily activities and lives.

  • Workspaces: There is an great environment for working and lots of great coworking spots.

  • Free WiFi: Almost half of all cafes, restaurants and gas stations have free wi-fi. But there are cases when you have to pay for Wi-Fi, the cost is usually indicated in the check.

  • Internet: There is high-speed Internet.
  • English: It will not be easy to communicate in Panama City directly with the locals – few people speak English, except for the staff of large hotels and restaurants.

  • Traffic safety: A lot of work has been done in Panama City to ensure road safety. That’s why the road accident rate can be considered as low.

  • Racial tolerance: The citizens of is quite tolerant and respectful of the bearers of any other nationality or race, their mentality, national languages, cultures, behavior, appearance.

  • Freedom of speech: People have full access to free media for accurate information and analysis. Journalists in most cases do their jobs without fear of detention or restraints.

  • Income: Unfortunately, the local population in Panama City has very low salaries as low as $1200 a month.
  • Entertainment: There are many interesting places, where you can take a fun with your friends or to spend romantic date.

  • Friendliness to outsiders: The attitude towards foreigners is very open, calm and friendly.

  • Female friendly: Despite the fact that women have equal rights with men and the attitude towards them is liberal, in some areas there are still many prohibitions against them. Decisions in the family are usually made by men, the influence of women in the family is very great.

  • Safety: The crime rate in Panama City is low, but this does not mean that you need to stop being vigilant at night.
  • Startup friendly: Unfortunately, startup score in Panama City is pretty low. Most startups struggle due to different obstacles.

  • Quality of life: performs above average in subjective well-being, jobs and wages, income and well-being, health, social connections, environmental quality, education and skills, work and leisure balance, housing and personal safety.

  • Air quality: In some places, the level of air cleanliness is assessed as poor or mediocre.
  • Education: Secondary and higher education institutions provide a very mediocre level of knowledge, which indicates the need to reform them and introduce new, more effective programs and trained teachers.

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