Panama City vs Porto Alegre - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Panama City	Porto Alegre
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1384	$794
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3435	$2042
🏠 One person rent	$751	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$1474	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.4	$118
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$914	$447
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	42	73
😀 Quality of life	66	55
🏙️ Population	881K	1.33M

The cost of living in Panama City is 74% more expensive than in Porto Alegre. Cities ranked 4139th and 6457th ($1384 vs $794) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 11th in Panama and Brazil, respectively. Check Panama vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Panama City compared to 0.6 months in Porto Alegre. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Porto Alegre ranked 12th in Brazil, while ranked 3919th and 5818th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Porto Alegre

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	Panama City	Porto Alegre
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$5.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.2	$25.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.6	$6.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$2.34
☕ Cappuccino	$4.25	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.9	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$827	$321
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$577	$236
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$643
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1198	$476
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.7	$60.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$19.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.12%	9.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2406	$1518
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1535	$1391
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$59.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$9.85
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$4.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$9.01
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.51	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.03	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.89	$1.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$6.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$3.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.12	$1.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.06	$0.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.8	$25
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.71	$6.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.1	$55.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$8.07
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$49.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.2	$74.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$437	$254
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$8117

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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 Porto Alegre

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Canoas	$676
16 km or 9.9 mi	Cachoeirinha	$584
21 km or 13 mi	Viamao	$664
41 km or 25 mi	Novo Hamburgo	$535
96 km or 60 mi	Caxias do Sul	$592
100 km or 62 mi	Bento Goncalves	$622
107 km or 67 mi	Camaqua	$631
121 km or 75 mi	Santa Cruz do Sul	$639
160 km or 100 mi	Cachoeira do Sul	$573
172 km or 107 mi	Vacaria	$637
208 km or 129 mi	Ararangua	$573
221 km or 137 mi	Pelotas	$540
228 km or 141 mi	Passo Fundo	$647
235 km or 146 mi	Criciuma	$549
238 km or 148 mi	Rio Grande	$596
246 km or 153 mi	Carazinho	$619
252 km or 156 mi	Santa Maria	$472
262 km or 163 mi	Lages	$653
277 km or 172 mi	Tubarao	$596
285 km or 177 mi	Erechim	$622
299 km or 186 mi	Sao Gabriel	$594
311 km or 193 mi	Bage	$492
318 km or 198 mi	Ijui	$593
321 km or 199 mi	Concordia	$623
352 km or 219 mi	Santo Angelo	$592
354 km or 220 mi	Chapeco	$660
363 km or 225 mi	Cacador	$620
376 km or 234 mi	Florianopolis	$826
382 km or 238 mi	Melo	$728
397 km or 247 mi	Brusque	$653
397 km or 247 mi	Santa Rosa	$596
406 km or 252 mi	Blumenau	$648
415 km or 258 mi	Itapema	$670
423 km or 263 mi	Balneario Camboriu	$692
423 km or 263 mi	Santana do Livramento	$561
425 km or 264 mi	Rivera	$758
429 km or 266 mi	Itajai	$691
446 km or 277 mi	Pato Branco	$635
448 km or 278 mi	Jaragua do Sul	$623
474 km or 295 mi	Obera	$373