Panama City vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Panama City	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1479	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3609	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$846	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$1592	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$440	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$967	$3146
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	42	99
😀 Quality of life	67	95
🏙️ Population	881K	2.15M

The cost of living in Panama City is 35% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 3517th and 1222nd ($1479 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Panama and France, respectively. Check Panama vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Panama City compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 3734th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Paris

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	Panama City	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.5	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.06	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$3.99	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.66	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$891	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1749	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1344	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.4	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.28%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2551	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1632	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.09	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.98	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.94	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.37	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.71	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.22	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.5	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13616	$16193

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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

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293