Panama City vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Panama City	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1590	$2460
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3556	$5684
🏠 One person rent	$946	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$1545	$2492
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$266
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$973	$3694
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	42	99
😀 Quality of life	71	94
🏙️ Population	1.54M	2.1M

The cost of living in Panama City is 35% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 3634th and 964th ($1590 vs $2460) 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 0.6 months in Panama City compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 3213th and 34th 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	$9.69	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.4	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.03	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.93	$8.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.3	$5.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.82	$4.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1068	$1558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$747	$1158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1913	$2756
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1223	$2070
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.4	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$252
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.6	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.27%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3111	$15102
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1732	$10254
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.5	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.7	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$2.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.11	$5.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$21.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$22.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$3.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$3.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.95	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$4.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.95	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.92	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$3.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.52	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.4	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.7	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$505	$1048
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11486	$19577

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Cities near Panama City

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Balboa	$1396
16 km or 9.9 mi	Tocumen	$1373
26 km or 16 mi	Pacora	$1361
34 km or 21 mi	La Chorrera	$982
59 km or 37 mi	Colon	$1185
108 km or 67 mi	Penonome	$1147
154 km or 96 mi	Chitre	$1144
190 km or 118 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$1112
321 km or 199 mi	Turbo	$797
329 km or 204 mi	David	$909
398 km or 247 mi	Monteria	$733
403 km or 250 mi	Limon	$1228
406 km or 252 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$789
452 km or 281 mi	Sincelejo	$586
463 km or 288 mi	Cartagena	$1186
483 km or 300 mi	Quibdo	$802
494 km or 307 mi	Cartago	$1361
513 km or 319 mi	San Jose	$1574
518 km or 322 mi	Heredia	$1471
521 km or 324 mi	Magangue	$727
526 km or 327 mi	Bello	$1012
529 km or 329 mi	Alajuela	$1362
530 km or 329 mi	Medellin	$1162
534 km or 332 mi	Envigado	$1041
558 km or 347 mi	Soledad	$967
559 km or 348 mi	Barranquilla	$931
595 km or 370 mi	Puntarenas	$872
617 km or 383 mi	Cartago	$769
617 km or 383 mi	Cienaga	$882
623 km or 387 mi	Manizales	$737
627 km or 390 mi	Santa Teresa	$1325
627 km or 390 mi	Pereira	$862
631 km or 392 mi	Santa Marta	$973
632 km or 393 mi	Buenaventura	$856
636 km or 395 mi	Minca	$891
651 km or 404 mi	Salento	$749
652 km or 405 mi	Armenia	$749
657 km or 408 mi	Tulua	$563
658 km or 409 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1001
675 km or 419 mi	Liberia	$1024

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2033
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1872
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1885
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2350
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2065
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1972
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2297
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2082
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1749
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1918
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1988
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1920
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1689
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1935
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1897
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1827
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1798
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1874
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1987
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1876
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1794
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1454
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1749
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1401
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1481
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1424
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1375
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1356
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1382
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1350
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1553
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1243
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1632
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1289
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1573
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1421
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1506