Panama City vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Panama City	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1384	$2357
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3435	$5959
🏠 One person rent	$751	$1338
🏘️ Family rent	$1474	$2858
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.4	$261
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$914	$3414
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	42	99
😀 Quality of life	66	95
🏙️ Population	881K	2.15M

The cost of living in Panama City is 41% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 4139th and 998th ($1384 vs $2357) 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 3919th and 22nd 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	$12.3	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.2	$69.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.6	$13.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$8.18
☕ Cappuccino	$4.25	$4.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.9	$4.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$827	$1451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$577	$1077
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$3334
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1198	$2404
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.7	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$31.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.12%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2406	$13808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1535	$9821
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$94.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$2.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$21.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$16.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$23.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$3.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.51	$2.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.03	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$2.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.89	$13.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.12	$3.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.06	$2.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.8	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.71	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.1	$30.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.2	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$437	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$18941

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Cities near Panama City

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Balboa	$1249
16 km or 9.9 mi	Tocumen	$1231
26 km or 16 mi	Pacora	$1249
34 km or 21 mi	La Chorrera	$953
59 km or 37 mi	Colon	$1182
108 km or 67 mi	Penonome	$1098
154 km or 96 mi	Chitre	$1091
190 km or 118 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$1056
321 km or 199 mi	Turbo	$634
329 km or 204 mi	David	$833
398 km or 247 mi	Monteria	$620
403 km or 250 mi	Limon	$1201
406 km or 252 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$638
452 km or 281 mi	Sincelejo	$506
463 km or 288 mi	Cartagena	$748
483 km or 300 mi	Quibdo	$661
494 km or 307 mi	Cartago	$961
513 km or 319 mi	San Jose	$1239
518 km or 322 mi	Heredia	$1246
521 km or 324 mi	Magangue	$582
526 km or 327 mi	Bello	$789
529 km or 329 mi	Alajuela	$1233
530 km or 329 mi	Medellin	$873
534 km or 332 mi	Envigado	$871
558 km or 347 mi	Soledad	$840
559 km or 348 mi	Barranquilla	$789
595 km or 370 mi	Puntarenas	$1277
617 km or 383 mi	Cartago	$619
617 km or 383 mi	Cienaga	$831
623 km or 387 mi	Manizales	$653
627 km or 390 mi	Santa Teresa	$1310
627 km or 390 mi	Pereira	$641
631 km or 392 mi	Santa Marta	$979
632 km or 393 mi	Buenaventura	$718
636 km or 395 mi	Minca	$863
651 km or 404 mi	Salento	$562
652 km or 405 mi	Armenia	$541
657 km or 408 mi	Tulua	$477
658 km or 409 mi	Barrancabermeja	$573
675 km or 419 mi	Liberia	$898

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1414
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1755
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1743
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2226
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1943
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1558
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2158
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1984
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1659
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1799
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1905
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1725
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1630
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1701
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1826
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1686
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1682
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1669
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1894
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1699
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1628
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1309
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1532
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1423
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1643
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1312
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1397
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1370
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1320
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1195
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1221
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1244
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1448
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1262
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1607
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1349
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1474
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1286
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1395