Compare and contrast Costa Rica and Panama Costa Rica and Panama are two small countries in America, which are known both beautiful and travel countries. It is part of well-connected between two countries because it has the similar about location. Of course, besides this thing, it has both climate and transport. Alongside these similarities, however, there are distinct differences about government, culture and cuisine by two countries. Where the best place for a holiday? This question will be answered by examining how Costa Rica and Panama compare on geography, climate, government, transport, culture and cuisine. The geography of Costa Rica and Panama are quite similar, which are located on the Central American isthmus. It borders the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. However there are some differences between some of them. For example, the area of Costa Rica about 51,000 square km, it has over 4.8 million people (2013) and San Jose is capital in Costa Rica. While Panama has the area is a lot bigger than Costa Rica about over 75,515 square km, but the population of Panama is slightly lower than Costa Rica about over 3.8 million people (2013). Capital of Panama is Panama City, which is largest city in Panama. In other respects, the climate of Costa Rica is just the same as the climate of Panama. Tropical is popular climate in both Costa Rica and Panama. But Costa Rica has the summer or dry season from December to April and the winter or rainy season from May to November. Panama has tropical maritime climate with hot, humid, cloudy prolonged rainy season from May to January and a short dry season from January to May. But most of Panama has two seasons: wet or winter and dry or summer. It has almost all of the rain falls during the rainy season from April to December so it has humidity is scarcely higher than Costa Rica. In summary, Costa Ricas weather are generally less extreme than Panama, but Costa Rica is hotter than Panama.