Panama: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 52
- Consulates
- 8
- missions abroad
- 75
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 116
Live & travel in Panama
Monthly budget
$2,250/mo
Prices vs USA: 50%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 1 PAB
Internet access
73%
of people online
Air quality
15.1
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Official languages
Spanish
Emergency
911 · 103 · 104
Plug types
NEMA 5-15, NEMA 1-15
Calling code
+507
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Aug 18, 2026
3.4
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept
- Cost3.6
- Safety3.3
- Internet access3.4
- Air quality3.0
- Climate3.5
SOS · Panama911Restaurants, cafés and dishes in PanamaTostones · Papelón con limón
Government consensus
Normal precautions· 2 of 3 governments- United StatesIncreased caution· parts of the country
- United KingdomNormal precautions
- CanadaNormal precautions· parts of the country
Sources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Upcoming public holidays
- Nov 10, 2026 · Primer Grito de Independencia
- Nov 28, 2026 · Independence Day
- Dec 8, 2026 · Mother’s Day
- Dec 20, 2026 · National Mourning Day
- Dec 21, 2026 · National Mourning Day (substitute day)
- Dec 25, 2026 · Christmas Day
- Jan 1, 2027 · New Year’s Day
- Jan 9, 2027 · Martyrs’ Day
Cities in Panama
Traveller essentials · Panama
- Emergency
- 911 · 103 · 104
- Calling code
- +507
- Currency
- PAB, USD
- Plug types
- NEMA 5-15, NEMA 1-15
- Drives on the
- right
- Capital
- Panama City
- Time zone
- America/Panama
Foreign missions in Panama
ArgentinaPanama City1BarbadosPanama City1BelgiumPanama City1BoliviaPanama City2BrazilPanama City1CanadaPanama City1ChilePanama City1ChinaPanama City1ColombiaPanama City2Costa RicaPanama City1CubaPanama City1CzechiaPanama City1Dominican RepublicPanama City1EcuadorPanama City1EgyptPanama City1El SalvadorPanama City1FrancePanama City1GermanyPanama City1GreecePanama City1HaitiPanama City1HondurasPanama City1IndiaPanama City1IndonesiaPanama City1IsraelPanama City1ItalyPanama City1JapanPanama City1KosovoPanama City1MexicoPanama City1MoroccoPanama City1NetherlandsPanama City2NicaraguaPanama City1ParaguayPanama City1PeruPanama City2PolandPanama City1PortugalPanama City1QatarPanama City1RussiaPanama City1South KoreaPanama City1SpainPanama City1Trinidad & TobagoPanama City1TürkiyePanama City1UkrainePanama City1United Arab EmiratesPanama City1United KingdomPanama City1United StatesPanama City1UruguayPanama City1Vatican CityPanama City1VietnamPanama City1
Panama missions abroad
ArgentinaBuenos Aires1ArubaOranjestad1AustraliaCanberra1AustriaVienna1BelgiumBrussels1BelizeBelize City2BoliviaLa Paz1BrazilBrasília, Rio de Janeiro2CanadaOttawa1ChileLas Condes1ChinaBeijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai3ColombiaBogotá1Costa RicaSan José1CubaHavana1Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo1EcuadorQuito1EgyptCairo1El SalvadorSan Salvador1FranceParis, Marseille2GermanyBerlin, Bremen2GreeceAthens1GuatemalaGuatemala City1HaitiPort-au-Prince1HondurasTegucigalpa1IndiaNew Delhi1IndonesiaJakarta1IsraelTel Aviv1ItalyRome, Milan4JamaicaKingston1JapanTokyo, Kobe3JordanAmman1MexicoMexico City1MoroccoRabat1NetherlandsThe Hague1NicaraguaManagua1ParaguayAsunción1PeruSan Isidro1Philippinesماكاتي1PolandWarsaw1PortugalLisbon1QatarDoha1RussiaMoscow1SingaporeSingapore1South AfricaPretoria1South KoreaSeoul1SpainMadrid, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Málaga4SwedenStockholm1SwitzerlandGeneva1SyriaDamascus1ThailandBangkok1Trinidad & TobagoPort of Spain1TürkiyeAnkara, Istanbul2UkraineKyiv1United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi1United KingdomLondon1United StatesWashington, D.C.2UruguayMontevideo1VenezuelaCaracas1VietnamHanoi1
Who can enter Panama without a visa?
Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.
Frequently asked questions
Embassies & consulates in Panama?
52 missions, 48 countries.
Emergency: Panama?
911, 103 (fire department), 104 (police)
Who can enter Panama without a visa?
116: Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, and Bhutan…