Buenos Aires vs Panama City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Panama City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1139	$1560
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2758	$3547
🏠 One person rent	$496	$943
🏘️ Family rent	$854	$1558
🍽️ Food expenses	$430	$429
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.9	$78.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$797	$982
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	78	43
😀 Quality of life	78	71
🏙️ Population	3.12M	410K

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 27% less expensive than in Panama City. Cities ranked 4856th and 3737th ($1139 vs $1560) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Argentina and Panama, respectively. Check Argentina vs Panama comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.6 months in Panama City. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Panama City ranked 1st in Panama, while ranked 1059th and 3765th 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	$15.6	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53	$45.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$8.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.64	$2.93
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$4.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$1.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$527	$1015
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$759
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$940	$1675
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$669	$1306
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.4	$86.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$133
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.1	$45.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	36.41%	6.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2703	$2662
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1993	$1618
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.8	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.26	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.1	$3.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$6.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$9.86
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$3.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$3.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.05
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$2.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.92	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.44	$5.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.96	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.33	$8.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$2.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$3.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.1	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.51	$7.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.9	$58.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$108	$54
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$91.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$477
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5464	$15637

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$770
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$879
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$715
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$859
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$949
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$861
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$949
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$641
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$811
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$983
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$990
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$590
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$981
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$1032
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$968
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$871
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$895
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$844
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$946
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$766
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$981
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$858
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$980
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$661
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$1029
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$817
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$859
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$848
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$710
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$951
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$959
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$874
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$886
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$846
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$954
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$935
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$841
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$947
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$906
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$897

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