Panama City vs Philadelphia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Panama City	Philadelphia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1560	$2584
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3547	$5778
🏠 One person rent	$943	$1504
🏘️ Family rent	$1558	$2234
🍽️ Food expenses	$429	$732
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$191
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$982	$4329
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	43	100
😀 Quality of life	71	93
🏙️ Population	410K	1.6M

The cost of living in Panama City is 40% less expensive than in Philadelphia. Cities ranked 3737th and 744th ($1560 vs $2584) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 660th in Panama and the United States, respectively. Check Panama vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Panama City compared to 1.7 months in Philadelphia. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Philadelphia ranked 25th in the United States, while ranked 3765th and 95th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Philadelphia

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	Panama City	Philadelphia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$20
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.7	$95.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.08	$13.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.93	$6.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.03	$5.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.69	$2.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$1597
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$1193
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$2401
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1306	$1807
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$153
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.5	$76.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	6.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2662	$3243
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1618	$2372
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$99
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$15.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.25	$4.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$8.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$4.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$20.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$6.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$4.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$5.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$3.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.44	$3.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.92	$14.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.06	$7.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$2.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$58.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.32	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$85.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.3	$95
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$2021
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15637	$15283

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Cities near Panama City

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Balboa	$1400
16 km or 9.9 mi	Tocumen	$1377
26 km or 16 mi	Pacora	$1371
34 km or 21 mi	La Chorrera	$981
59 km or 37 mi	Colon	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Penonome	$1150
154 km or 96 mi	Chitre	$1150
190 km or 118 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$1122
321 km or 199 mi	Turbo	$721
329 km or 204 mi	David	$925
398 km or 247 mi	Monteria	$663
403 km or 250 mi	Limon	$1288
406 km or 252 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$715
452 km or 281 mi	Sincelejo	$547
463 km or 288 mi	Cartagena	$1105
483 km or 300 mi	Quibdo	$708
494 km or 307 mi	Cartago	$1241
513 km or 319 mi	San Jose	$1398
518 km or 322 mi	Heredia	$1335
521 km or 324 mi	Magangue	$667
526 km or 327 mi	Bello	$881
529 km or 329 mi	Alajuela	$1303
530 km or 329 mi	Medellin	$1030
534 km or 332 mi	Envigado	$950
558 km or 347 mi	Soledad	$883
559 km or 348 mi	Barranquilla	$843
595 km or 370 mi	Puntarenas	$821
617 km or 383 mi	Cartago	$679
617 km or 383 mi	Cienaga	$831
623 km or 387 mi	Manizales	$678
627 km or 390 mi	Santa Teresa	$1236
627 km or 390 mi	Pereira	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Santa Marta	$929
632 km or 393 mi	Buenaventura	$782
636 km or 395 mi	Minca	$847
651 km or 404 mi	Salento	$655
652 km or 405 mi	Armenia	$667
657 km or 408 mi	Tulua	$511
658 km or 409 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1082
675 km or 419 mi	Liberia	$953

Cities near Philadelphia

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Camden	$2593
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Pennsauken Township	$2580
12 km or 7.1 mi	Cherry Hill	$2638
12 km or 7.7 mi	West Deptford Township	$2616
16 km or 9.9 mi	Fox Chase	$2408
16 km or 9.9 mi	Deptford Township	$2603
19 km or 12 mi	Moorestown	$2578
21 km or 13 mi	Gloucester Township	$2603
21 km or 13 mi	Chester	$2476
22 km or 14 mi	Mount Laurel	$2568
25 km or 15 mi	Evesham Township	$2594
25 km or 16 mi	Willingboro Township	$2637
31 km or 19 mi	Medford	$2627
35 km or 22 mi	Levittown	$2358
35 km or 22 mi	Winslow Township	$2620
36 km or 23 mi	Monroe Township	$2610
38 km or 23 mi	West Chester	$2737
40 km or 25 mi	Wilmington	$2267
46 km or 28 mi	Trenton	$2676
46 km or 29 mi	Ewing Township	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Hamilton Township	$2671
52 km or 32 mi	Pottstown	$2355
54 km or 33 mi	Lawrence Township	$2741
56 km or 35 mi	Vineland	$2533
58 km or 36 mi	Newark	$2121
59 km or 36 mi	Bridgeton	$2608
62 km or 38 mi	Princeton	$3102
63 km or 39 mi	Millville	$2524
64 km or 39 mi	East Windsor Township	$2797
65 km or 40 mi	Plainsboro Township	$2846
67 km or 42 mi	Montgomery Township	$2883
67 km or 42 mi	Manchester Township	$2714
71 km or 44 mi	Jackson Township	$2770
72 km or 45 mi	South Brunswick	$2880
77 km or 48 mi	Allentown	$2323
77 km or 48 mi	Bethlehem	$2278
77 km or 48 mi	Hillsborough Township	$2948
78 km or 48 mi	Reading	$2239
78 km or 49 mi	Barnegat Township	$2737
79 km or 49 mi	Manalapan Township	$2886