🇵🇦 Panama vs 🇨🇴 Colombia
Side by side on the data that actually changes your life: prices, taxes, climate, air, safety. Every number has a source and a date.
Climate (capital)
Open-Meteo historical weather
Jan 27° · Jul 27° · Panama City
Jan 14° · Jul 13° · Bogotá
Sunny days (capital)
Open-Meteo, days with over 4.5h of sunshine
321 days / yr
364 days / yr
Air quality (capital)
WAQI, capital station
AQI 13 · Good
AQI 9 · Good
Big Mac price
The Economist Big Mac index (euro-area countries share one euro-area price)
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$6.21
Employment taxes (not your rate)
OECD tax wedge, single average worker
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~0% of what a job costs goes to tax (2025)
Special tax regimes
Official tax authorities, verified June 2026
Territorial taxation
None curated
Inflation
World Bank
-0.2% / yr (2025)
5.1% / yr (2025)
Unemployment
World Bank, ILO-modelled estimate
8.4% (2025)
8.3% (2025)
Messenger apps
OONI network measurements, last 6 months
No known issues
No known issues
Safety advisory
U.S. State Department travel advisory
Level 2 · Exercise Increased Caution
Level 3 · Reconsider Travel
Population
World Bank total population
4.6M (2025)
53.4M (2025)
Population density
World Bank, people per km²
60 / km² (2023)
47 / km² (2023)
Foreign-born residents
World Bank migrant stock
10.6% of population (2024)
5.8% of population (2024)
Life expectancy
WHO
77 yrs
75 yrs
Currency
ISO 4217
PAB
COP
Timezone (capital)
Open-Meteo
UTC-5
UTC-5
Crypto-friendly
Legal
Short-term gains
0%
39%
Long-term gains
0%
15%
Long-term holding period
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24mo
Staking income
0%
—
Mining income
25%
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General rates, not personal tax advice.
Climate, inflation and life expectancy verified 12 July 2026. Prices, taxes and air quality verified 7 July 2026. Sources shown per row.
Bottom line: which should you choose?
Pick 🇵🇦 Panama if you want
a stronger safety rating.
Pick 🇨🇴 Colombia if you want
more sunshine.
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Frequently asked questions
Should I choose Panama over Colombia?
On the data we track, Panama comes out ahead for a stronger safety rating, while Colombia wins on more sunshine. Every figure has a source in the table above.
Special tax regimes, verified
Regimes change often and many sites still advertise closed ones. We link the official source for each.
Numbers are half the story
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