Arlington vs Panama City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Panama City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$1560
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$3547
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$943
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$1558
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$429
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$78.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$982
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	90	43
😀 Quality of life	77	71
🏙️ Population	394K	410K

The cost of living in Arlington is 19% more expensive than in Panama City. Cities ranked 2476th and 3737th ($1856 vs $1560) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 1st in the United States and Panama, respectively. Check the United States vs Panama comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 0.6 months in Panama City. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Panama City ranked 1st in Panama, while ranked 1375th and 3765th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Panama City

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	Arlington	Panama City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$45.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$8.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$2.93
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$4.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$1.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$1015
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$759
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$1675
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$1306
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$86.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$133
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$45.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	6.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$2662
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$1618
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$3.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$6.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$9.86
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$3.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$3.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$3.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.05
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$2.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$5.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$8.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$2.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$3.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$7.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$58.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$54
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$91.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$477
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$15637

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

Cities near Panama City

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Balboa	$1400
16 km or 9.9 mi	Tocumen	$1377
26 km or 16 mi	Pacora	$1371
34 km or 21 mi	La Chorrera	$981
59 km or 37 mi	Colon	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Penonome	$1150
154 km or 96 mi	Chitre	$1150
190 km or 118 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$1122
321 km or 199 mi	Turbo	$721
329 km or 204 mi	David	$925
398 km or 247 mi	Monteria	$663
403 km or 250 mi	Limon	$1288
406 km or 252 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$715
452 km or 281 mi	Sincelejo	$547
463 km or 288 mi	Cartagena	$1105
483 km or 300 mi	Quibdo	$708
494 km or 307 mi	Cartago	$1241
513 km or 319 mi	San Jose	$1398
518 km or 322 mi	Heredia	$1335
521 km or 324 mi	Magangue	$667
526 km or 327 mi	Bello	$881
529 km or 329 mi	Alajuela	$1303
530 km or 329 mi	Medellin	$1030
534 km or 332 mi	Envigado	$950
558 km or 347 mi	Soledad	$883
559 km or 348 mi	Barranquilla	$843
595 km or 370 mi	Puntarenas	$821
617 km or 383 mi	Cartago	$679
617 km or 383 mi	Cienaga	$831
623 km or 387 mi	Manizales	$678
627 km or 390 mi	Santa Teresa	$1236
627 km or 390 mi	Pereira	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Santa Marta	$929
632 km or 393 mi	Buenaventura	$782
636 km or 395 mi	Minca	$847
651 km or 404 mi	Salento	$655
652 km or 405 mi	Armenia	$667
657 km or 408 mi	Tulua	$511
658 km or 409 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1082
675 km or 419 mi	Liberia	$953