🇵🇦 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
Air quality (capital)
WAQI, capital station
AQI 14 · Good
AQI 21 · Good
Big Mac price
The Economist Big Mac index
—
$6.21
Taxes on salary
OECD tax wedge, single average worker
—
~0% of labour cost (2025)
Special tax regimes
Official tax authorities, verified 2026-06
Territorial taxation
None curated
Inflation
World Bank
-0.2% / yr (2025)
5.1% / yr (2025)
Messenger apps
OONI network measurements, 6-month window
All measured apps work
All measured apps work
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
Climate, inflation and life expectancy verified 2026-07-07. Prices, taxes and air quality verified 2026-07-07. Sources shown per row.
Special tax regimes, verified
Regimes change often and many sites still advertise closed ones. We link the official source for each.
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