Panama City vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Panama City	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1583	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3567	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$976	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$1633	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$432	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.1	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$936	$3974
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	42	99
😀 Quality of life	69	96
🏙️ Population	410K	2.11M

The cost of living in Panama City is 36% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 3744th and 916th ($1583 vs $2480) 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 1.6 months in Paris. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 4400th and 14th 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	$10.6	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.3	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.39	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$3.94	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1062	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1911	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1347	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.5	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.4	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.26%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3048	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1725	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.2	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.23	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.26	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.04	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.03	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.96	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.04	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.3	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.2	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.3	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13402	$17184

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Cities near Panama City

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Balboa	$1425
16 km or 9.9 mi	Tocumen	$1403
26 km or 16 mi	Pacora	$1395
34 km or 21 mi	La Chorrera	$977
59 km or 37 mi	Colon	$1179
108 km or 67 mi	Penonome	$1153
154 km or 96 mi	Chitre	$1154
190 km or 118 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$1122
321 km or 199 mi	Turbo	$764
329 km or 204 mi	David	$922
398 km or 247 mi	Monteria	$703
403 km or 250 mi	Limon	$1332
406 km or 252 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$764
452 km or 281 mi	Sincelejo	$572
463 km or 288 mi	Cartagena	$1155
483 km or 300 mi	Quibdo	$757
494 km or 307 mi	Cartago	$1290
513 km or 319 mi	San Jose	$1454
518 km or 322 mi	Heredia	$1378
521 km or 324 mi	Magangue	$707
526 km or 327 mi	Bello	$915
529 km or 329 mi	Alajuela	$1323
530 km or 329 mi	Medellin	$1071
534 km or 332 mi	Envigado	$992
558 km or 347 mi	Soledad	$950
559 km or 348 mi	Barranquilla	$909
595 km or 370 mi	Puntarenas	$825
617 km or 383 mi	Cartago	$738
617 km or 383 mi	Cienaga	$874
623 km or 387 mi	Manizales	$717
627 km or 390 mi	Santa Teresa	$1273
627 km or 390 mi	Pereira	$789
631 km or 392 mi	Santa Marta	$971
632 km or 393 mi	Buenaventura	$825
636 km or 395 mi	Minca	$887
651 km or 404 mi	Salento	$709
652 km or 405 mi	Armenia	$719
657 km or 408 mi	Tulua	$537
658 km or 409 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1040
675 km or 419 mi	Liberia	$957

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544