Buenos Aires vs Panama City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Panama City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$1479
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$3609
🏠 One person rent	$470	$846
🏘️ Family rent	$887	$1592
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$97	$83
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$967
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	79	42
😀 Quality of life	74	67
🏙️ Population	3.12M	881K

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 24% less expensive than in Panama City. Cities ranked 4694th and 3517th ($1130 vs $1479) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Argentina and Panama, respectively. Check Argentina vs Panama comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.7 months in Panama City. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Panama City ranked 1st in Panama, while ranked 1194th and 3734th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Panama City

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	Buenos Aires	Panama City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$48.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$2.97
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$3.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$1.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$891
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$681
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$1749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$1344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$78
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$121
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$45.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.01%	6.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2657	$2551
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1964	$1632
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$14.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$2.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$2.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$7.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$9.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.07
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$5.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$7.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$3.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.04	$7.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$54.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$477
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5728	$13616

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$805
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$979
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$741
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$923
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$939
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$924
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$932
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$643
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$838
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$938
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$938
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$552
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$936
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$963
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$935
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$849
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$865
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$952
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$921
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$803
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$938
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$856
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$940
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$828
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$964
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$966
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$863
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$859
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$853
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$925
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$928
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$877
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$889
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$865
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$921
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$920
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$863
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$928
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$915
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$899

Cities near Panama City

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Balboa	$1328
16 km or 9.9 mi	Tocumen	$1310
26 km or 16 mi	Pacora	$1304
34 km or 21 mi	La Chorrera	$957
59 km or 37 mi	Colon	$1172
108 km or 67 mi	Penonome	$1116
154 km or 96 mi	Chitre	$1117
190 km or 118 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$1089
321 km or 199 mi	Turbo	$664
329 km or 204 mi	David	$890
398 km or 247 mi	Monteria	$645
403 km or 250 mi	Limon	$1225
406 km or 252 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$669
452 km or 281 mi	Sincelejo	$524
463 km or 288 mi	Cartagena	$760
483 km or 300 mi	Quibdo	$705
494 km or 307 mi	Cartago	$1024
513 km or 319 mi	San Jose	$1324
518 km or 322 mi	Heredia	$1296
521 km or 324 mi	Magangue	$604
526 km or 327 mi	Bello	$839
529 km or 329 mi	Alajuela	$1269
530 km or 329 mi	Medellin	$906
534 km or 332 mi	Envigado	$897
558 km or 347 mi	Soledad	$741
559 km or 348 mi	Barranquilla	$773
595 km or 370 mi	Puntarenas	$801
617 km or 383 mi	Cartago	$649
617 km or 383 mi	Cienaga	$742
623 km or 387 mi	Manizales	$653
627 km or 390 mi	Santa Teresa	$1213
627 km or 390 mi	Pereira	$680
631 km or 392 mi	Santa Marta	$837
632 km or 393 mi	Buenaventura	$742
636 km or 395 mi	Minca	$759
651 km or 404 mi	Salento	$605
652 km or 405 mi	Armenia	$598
657 km or 408 mi	Tulua	$513
658 km or 409 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
675 km or 419 mi	Liberia	$932