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| ⭐️ Overall Score | 216 reviews |
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| 🌍 Region | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Panama |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 29°C 84°F + Humid (74%) = feels 33°C 91°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 34 US AQI 🍃 good |
| 🔌 Power | 115V115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Digicel |
| 💸 0 PAB in USD | USD 0.00 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PAB 100 = USD 100 |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 12% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 7,400 people |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Panama |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Copa Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Hospital Almirante |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,583 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,282 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,012 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $575 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $400 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $244 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $2,450 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $115 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (130 listings) | $2,371 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $78 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $7 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
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| Rain | dry 40mm | dry 28mm | rainy 74mm | dry 38mm | rainy 72mm | rainy 131mm | rainy 105mm | rainy 114mm | rainy 70mm | rainy 77mm | rainy 122mm | rainy 106mm |
| Cloud | pockets 44% | pockets 45% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 54% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 54% | cloudy 53% |
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✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Humid now
❌ Not many members go here
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are not great
❌ Not family friendly
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