Moscow vs Panama City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Panama City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$1479
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$3609
🏠 One person rent	$730	$846
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$1592
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$83
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$967
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	96	42
😀 Quality of life	74	67
🏙️ Population	13.1M	881K

The cost of living in Moscow is 16% less expensive than in Panama City. Cities ranked 4359th and 3517th ($1244 vs $1479) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Russia and Panama, respectively. Check Russia vs Panama comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 0.7 months in Panama City. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Panama City ranked 1st in Panama, while ranked 1187th and 3734th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Panama City

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	Moscow	Panama City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$48.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$2.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$3.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$1.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$891
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$681
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$1749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$1344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$78
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$121
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$45.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	6.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$2551
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$1632
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$14.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$2.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$7.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$9.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$1.07
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$5.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$7.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$3.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$7.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$54.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$477
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$13616

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592

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