In short
Panama offers options from modern Panama City ($1,200+/month rent) to mountain towns like Boquete ($600+/month). Pacific Coast: Coronado, Costa Esmeralda. Caribbean: Bocas del Toro. Highlands: Boquete, El Valle. City offers infrastructure, mountains cool weather, beaches resort lifestyle.
Panama offers exceptional diversity of places to live, from cosmopolitan Panama City with world-class infrastructure, to mountain towns like Boquete with perpetual spring weather, and Pacific beaches like Coronado. Each area offers different advantages: the city provides jobs and services, mountains offer cool weather and nature, and beaches a relaxed lifestyle.
