🇵🇦 Panama vs 🇷🇺 Russia
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 -1° · Jul 22° · Moscow
Air quality (capital)
WAQI, capital station
AQI 13 · Good
AQI 30 · Good
Big Mac price
The Economist Big Mac index
—
$1.74
Special tax regimes
Official tax authorities, verified June 2026
Territorial taxation
None curated
Inflation
World Bank
-0.2% / yr (2025)
8.7% / yr (2025)
Internet (median fixed)
Ookla Speedtest Global Index
—
~90 Mbps
English proficiency
EF English Proficiency Index
—
low
Messenger apps
OONI network measurements, last 6 months
No known issues
Issues: WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Facebook Messenger
Safety advisory
U.S. State Department travel advisory
Level 2 · Exercise Increased Caution
Level 4 · Do Not Travel
Foreign-born residents
World Bank migrant stock
10.6% of population (2024)
5.3% of population (2024)
Life expectancy
WHO
77 yrs
70 yrs
Currency
ISO 4217
PAB
RUB
Timezone (capital)
Open-Meteo
UTC-5
UTC+3
Climate, inflation and life expectancy verified 7 July 2026. Prices, taxes and air quality verified 7 July 2026. 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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